Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) Releases Earnings Results

Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) posted its earnings results 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 Stock Down 15.4 %

QMCO stock traded down $3.07 during trading on Friday, hitting $16.82. 970,659 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,595,454. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $33.18 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.09. Quantum has a 52 week low of $2.22 and a 52 week high of $90.64.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Quantum news, CEO James J. Lerner sold 2,511 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.68, for a total transaction of $89,592.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 107,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,846,446.72. The trade was a 2.28 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Kenneth P. Gianella sold 1,487 shares of Quantum stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.68, for a total transaction of $53,056.16. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 33,681 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,201,738.08. This 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 worth $274,764 over the last quarter. 3.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.