Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.08 EPS

Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported ($0.96) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.88) by ($0.08), Zacks reports. Quantum updated its Q4 2025 guidance to -1.210–1.110 EPS.

Quantum Price Performance

NASDAQ:QMCO traded up $5.42 on Wednesday, reaching $23.23. 4,161,023 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,603,247. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $15.00. Quantum has a 52 week low of $2.22 and a 52 week high of $90.64.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Northland Securities raised their price target on shares of Quantum from $5.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Lake Street Capital raised their target price on Quantum from $5.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Brian E. Cabrera sold 1,996 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.68, for a total transaction of $71,217.28. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 27,940 shares in the company, valued at $996,899.20. This represents a 6.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Kenneth P. Gianella sold 1,487 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.68, for a total transaction of $53,056.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 33,681 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,201,738.08. This trade represents a 4.23 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 8,208 shares of company stock valued at $274,764 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.90% of the company’s stock.

Quantum Company Profile

Quantum Corporation provides products for storing and managing digital video and unstructured data in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Myriad All-Flash File and Object Storage Software for high performance enterprise unstructured data applications such as AI, machine learning, and data analytics; Unified Surveillance Platform Software that unified compute and storage for video surveillance recording, storage, and analytics; StorNext Hybrid Flash/Disk File Storage Software for video editing, post-production, and streaming applications, as well as digital file archives; and CatDV Asset Management Software for indexing, cataloging, enriching video, audio, and image files, and workflow orchestration.