Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI – Get Free Report) and SemiLEDS (NASDAQ:LEDS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Quantum-Si has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SemiLEDS has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of SemiLEDS shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of Quantum-Si shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of SemiLEDS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quantum-Si | $3.06 million | 124.73 | -$101.01 million | ($0.68) | -3.06 |
| SemiLEDS | $5.18 million | 4.25 | -$2.04 million | ($0.17) | -15.80 |
SemiLEDS has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. SemiLEDS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum-Si, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Quantum-Si and SemiLEDS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quantum-Si | -2,925.41% | -41.44% | -37.09% |
| SemiLEDS | -7.02% | -40.75% | -7.38% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Quantum-Si and SemiLEDS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quantum-Si | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| SemiLEDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Quantum-Si currently has a consensus price target of $3.48, suggesting a potential upside of 67.07%. Given Quantum-Si’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than SemiLEDS.
Summary
SemiLEDS beats Quantum-Si on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Quantum-Si
Quantum-Si incorporated, a life sciences company, engages in the development of single-molecule detection platform to enable Next Generation Protein Sequencing (NGPS). The company's platform is comprised of the Platinum NGPS instrument; the Platinum Analysis Software service; and reagent kits and semiconductor chips for use with its instruments. It is used in protein identification, protein variants, antibody characterization, biomarker identification, and post translational modification analysis applications. The company was founded in 2013 is headquartered in Branford, Connecticut.
About SemiLEDS
SemiLEDs Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells light emitting diode (LED) chips, LED components, and LED modules and systems in the United States, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, and internationally. The company also sells enhanced vertical, LED product series in blue, white, green, and UV; LED chips to packagers or distributors; and lighting products primarily to original design manufacturers of lighting products and the end-users of lighting devices, as well as packs and sells its LED chips. Its products are used for general lighting applications, including commercial, industrial, and residential lighting; and specialty industrial applications, such as ultraviolet or UV, curing of polymers, LED light therapy in medical/cosmetic applications, counterfeit detection, germicidal and viricidal devices LED lighting for horticulture applications, architectural lighting, and entertainment lighting. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Chu-Nan, Taiwan.
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