Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI – Get Free Report) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Quantum-Si and Impinj, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quantum-Si | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Impinj | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.55 |
Quantum-Si currently has a consensus price target of $3.60, indicating a potential upside of 188.00%. Impinj has a consensus price target of $226.33, indicating a potential upside of 41.66%. Given Quantum-Si’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than Impinj.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quantum-Si | $3.06 million | 88.03 | -$101.01 million | ($0.67) | -1.87 |
| Impinj | $366.09 million | 13.14 | $40.84 million | ($0.44) | -363.11 |
Impinj has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum-Si, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Quantum-Si has a beta of 2.98, meaning that its stock price is 198% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Quantum-Si shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Impinj shares are owned by company 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 Quantum-Si and Impinj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quantum-Si | -3,677.97% | -47.90% | -42.56% |
| Impinj | -3.45% | 8.15% | 2.83% |
Summary
Impinj beats Quantum-Si on 9 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 Impinj
Impinj, Inc. operates a cloud connectivity platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its platform wirelessly connects items and delivers data about the connected items to business and consumer applications. The company’s platform comprises endpoint ICs, a miniature radios-on-a-chip that attaches to a host item and includes a number to identify the item. Its platform also consists of systems products that consists of reader ICs, readers, and gateways to wirelessly provide power to and communicate bidirectionally with endpoint ICs on host items, as well as to read, write, authenticate, and engage the endpoint ICs on those items; and software and algorithms that enable its partners to solve enterprise business problems, such as retail self-checkout and loss prevention. The company primarily serves retail, supply chain and logistics, automotive, aviation, banking, datacenters, food, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, linen and uniform tracking, sports, and travel industries through original equipment and device manufacturers, tag service bureaus, systems integrators, value-added resellers, independent software vendors, and other solution partners. Impinj, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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