Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC – Get Free Report) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.
Volatility and Risk
Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 3.15, suggesting that its share price is 215% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Lattice Semiconductor 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 | |
| Lattice Semiconductor | $574.01 million | 30.36 | $3.08 million | $0.14 | 908.50 |
| Quantum-Si | $2.44 million | 80.39 | -$101.34 million | ($0.51) | -1.78 |
Lattice Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. Quantum-Si is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lattice Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Lattice Semiconductor and Quantum-Si’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lattice Semiconductor | 3.46% | 8.48% | 7.03% |
| Quantum-Si | -5,605.88% | -46.05% | -40.97% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
98.1% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of Quantum-Si shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Lattice Semiconductor and Quantum-Si, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lattice Semiconductor | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.87 |
| Quantum-Si | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Lattice Semiconductor currently has a consensus price target of $129.07, indicating a potential upside of 1.48%. Quantum-Si has a consensus price target of $3.25, indicating a potential upside of 258.48%. Given Quantum-Si’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than Lattice Semiconductor.
Summary
Lattice Semiconductor beats Quantum-Si on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Lattice Certus and ECP, Mach, iCE, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products. In addition, the company licenses its technology portfolio through standard IP and IP core licensing, patent monetization, and IP services. It sells its products directly to customers, and indirectly through a network of independent manufacturers' representatives and independent distributors. The company primarily serves original equipment manufacturers in the communications and computing, consumer, and industrial, and automotive markets. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.
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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