Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI – Get Free Report) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Nova and Quantum-Si’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nova | 29.21% | 21.77% | 12.56% |
| Quantum-Si | -5,605.88% | -47.35% | -42.66% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
83.0% of Nova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of Quantum-Si shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nova | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Quantum-Si | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Nova currently has a consensus target price of $556.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.80%. Quantum-Si has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.65%. Given Nova’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nova is more favorable than Quantum-Si.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nova and Quantum-Si”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nova | $880.58 million | 15.48 | $259.22 million | $8.02 | 53.48 |
| Quantum-Si | $2.44 million | 69.92 | -$101.34 million | ($0.51) | -1.54 |
Nova has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. Quantum-Si is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Nova has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 3.2, meaning that its share price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nova beats Quantum-Si on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nova
Nova Ltd. designs, develops, produces, and sells process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors in Israel, Taiwan, the United States, China, Korea, and internationally. Its product portfolio includes a set of metrology platforms for dimensional, films, and materials and chemical metrology measurements for process control for various semiconductor manufacturing process steps, including lithography, etch, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, electrochemical plating, and advanced packaging. The company serves various sectors of the integrated circuit manufacturing industry, including logic, foundries, and memory manufacturers, as well as process equipment manufacturers. Nova Ltd. was formerly known as Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. and changed its name to Nova Ltd. in July 2021. Nova Ltd. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.
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.
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