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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Institutional & 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Nova has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 3.2, suggesting that its share price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nova | 29.21% | 21.77% | 12.56% |
| Quantum-Si | -5,605.88% | -47.35% | -42.66% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Nova and Quantum-Si, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| 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 presently has a consensus price target of $556.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.10%. Quantum-Si has a consensus price target of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.85%. Given Quantum-Si’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than Nova.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nova and Quantum-Si”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nova | $880.58 million | 15.81 | $259.22 million | $8.02 | 54.61 |
| Quantum-Si | $2.44 million | 68.73 | -$101.34 million | ($0.51) | -1.51 |
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.
Summary
Nova beats Quantum-Si on 10 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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