Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX – Get Free Report) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
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% |
Institutional and Insider 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 insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Himax Technologies | $906.80 million | 1.63 | $79.75 million | $0.36 | 23.42 |
| Quantum-Si | $3.06 million | 86.62 | -$101.01 million | ($0.67) | -1.84 |
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 summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Himax Technologies and Quantum-Si, as reported by MarketBeat.
| 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 presently has a consensus price target of $8.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.39%. Quantum-Si has a consensus price target of $3.60, suggesting a potential upside of 192.68%. Given Quantum-Si’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than Himax Technologies.
Risk and Volatility
Himax Technologies has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 2.98, meaning that its stock price is 198% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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