SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) Head to Head Survey

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for SkyWater Technology and Quantum-Si, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SkyWater Technology	1	1	3	0	2.40
Quantum-Si	1	1	2	0	2.25

SkyWater Technology presently has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.90%. Quantum-Si has a consensus price target of $3.73, suggesting a potential upside of 73.26%. Given Quantum-Si’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than SkyWater Technology.

Volatility & Risk

SkyWater Technology has a beta of 3.51, suggesting that its stock price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

70.0% of SkyWater Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of SkyWater Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Quantum-Si shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares SkyWater Technology and Quantum-Si’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SkyWater Technology	-5.69%	-19.49%	-3.68%
Quantum-Si	-3,120.14%	-44.57%	-39.45%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SkyWater Technology and Quantum-Si”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SkyWater Technology	$342.27 million	2.46	-$6.79 million	($0.34)	-51.44
Quantum-Si	$3.06 million	142.27	-$101.01 million	($0.68)	-3.16

SkyWater Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. SkyWater Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum-Si, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SkyWater Technology beats Quantum-Si on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SkyWater Technology

SkyWater Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pure-play technology foundry that engages in the provision of semiconductor development, manufacturing, and packaging services in the United States. The company offers engineering and process development support services to co-create technologies with customers; and semiconductor manufacturing services for various silicon-based analog and mixed-signal, micro-electromechanical systems, and rad-hard integrated circuits. It serves customers operating in the computation, aerospace and defense, automotive, bio-health, consumer, and industrial sectors. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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.