QMCOQuantum Corporation

$17.58+89% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Oversold (RSI 12). Price is +38% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest7.9% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How QMCO is trading

Quantum Corporation is +89% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 73 points ahead of the market.

+89%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+38%

vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend

RSI (14)
12

RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought

Below its 52-week high
49%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 21, 2024$2.96 – $70.67 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$17.58
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
−40%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+89%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
−84%
vs 50-day average$25.09
−30%
52-week high
$34.48
52-week low
$4.31
Annualised volatility
227%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+173%
2025−88%
2024+670%
2023−68%
2022−80%
2021−9.8%
2020−18%
2019+271%
2018−64%
2017−15%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan106 of 10+4.4%
Feb103 of 10−17%
Mar103 of 10−2.2%
Apr106 of 10+6.2%
May106 of 10+0.87%
Jun102 of 10−7.8%
Jul115 of 11+4.5%
Aug116 of 11+9.9%
Sep116 of 11+4.8%
Oct115 of 11−2.2%
Nov104 of 10+29%
Dec106 of 10+21%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.