Head to Head Review: Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) and Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX)

Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Himax Technologies has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 2.98, suggesting that its share price is 198% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Quantum-Si shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Himax Technologies	7.18%	6.98%	3.73%
Quantum-Si	-3,677.97%	-47.90%	-42.56%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Himax Technologies and Quantum-Si”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Himax Technologies	$906.80 million	1.65	$79.75 million	$0.36	23.81
Quantum-Si	$3.06 million	92.25	-$101.01 million	($0.67)	-1.96

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Himax Technologies and Quantum-Si, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Himax Technologies	0	2	1	0	2.33
Quantum-Si	1	1	2	0	2.25

Himax Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $8.80, indicating a potential upside of 2.68%. Quantum-Si has a consensus target price of $3.60, indicating a potential upside of 174.81%. Given Quantum-Si’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than Himax Technologies.

Summary

Himax Technologies beats Quantum-Si on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Himax Technologies

Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States. The company operates in two segments, Driver IC and Non-Driver Products. It offers display driver integrated circuits (ICs) and timing controllers that are used in televisions, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays, and other products. The company also provides automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs; advanced in-cell touch and display driver integration; large touch and display driver integration; and local dimming timing controllers, as well as active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) solutions, including AMOLED drivers, timing controllers, and touch controller ICs. In addition, it offers application specific IC services; liquid crystal on silicon and micro-electro mechanical system products; Power ICs; complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor products; wafer level optics products; 3D sensing products; and ultralow power WiseEye smart image sensing products. The company markets its display drivers to panel manufacturers, mobile device module manufacturers, and manufacturers of end-use products. Himax Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.

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.