Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: QS stock price vs SJM: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at SJM's multiple
Needs Revenue / share.
Implied fair value · at QS's multiple
Needs QS P/S.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Higher is better
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: QS FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · SJM FY 2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 96% equity / 4% debt · EV / EBITDA 0.99x
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Capital structure 67% equity / 33% debt
SJM carries the larger enterprise value at $20.16B against -$425.39M; QS trades on the lower EV / EBITDA multiple (0.99x vs 40.76x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
QUANTUMSCAPE CORPORATION · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
The J. M. Smucker Company · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.02x
1.21x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.21x
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Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$970.81M
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Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$22.36M
$6.69B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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