Quantum-Si (QSI) vs. Its Peers Critical Contrast

Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI – Get Rating) is one of 28 public companies in the “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Quantum-Si to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Quantum-Si and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quantum-Si	0	0	0	0	N/A
Quantum-Si Competitors	154	687	953	28	2.47

As a group, “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 27.52%. Given Quantum-Si’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Quantum-Si and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quantum-Si	N/A	-24.70%	-23.49%
Quantum-Si Competitors	-3,288.70%	4.83%	1.80%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.5% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of shares of all “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Quantum-Si shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Quantum-Si and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quantum-Si	N/A	-$94.99 million	-1.09
Quantum-Si Competitors	$2.66 billion	$435.24 million	11.07

Quantum-Si’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. Quantum-Si is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Quantum-Si has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si’s peers have a beta of 1.03, meaning that their average stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quantum-Si peers beat Quantum-Si on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Quantum-Si Company Profile (Get Rating)

Quantum-Si incorporated, a life sciences company, develops a single molecule detection platform for sample preparation and sequencing. It offers a proprietary single molecule detection platform for use in semiconductor industry to field proteomics to enable next generation protein sequencing. The company was incorporated in 2013 is based in Guilford, Connecticut.