What is HC Wainwright's Forecast for Quantum-Si Q1 Earnings?

Quantum-Si incorporated (NASDAQ:QSI - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at HC Wainwright upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Quantum-Si in a report released on Tuesday, March 4th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Ramakanth now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.17) per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.18). HC Wainwright has a "Buy" rating and a $5.50 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Quantum-Si's current full-year earnings is ($0.65) per share. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for Quantum-Si's Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.66) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.60) EPS, FY2027 earnings at ($0.43) EPS and FY2028 earnings at ($0.21) EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on shares of Quantum-Si from $1.50 to $1.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Alliance Global Partners reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Quantum-Si in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, National Bankshares set a $3.65 price objective on shares of Quantum-Si in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th.

Quantum-Si Price Performance

Shares of Quantum-Si stock traded down $0.12 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $1.18. 5,640,716 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,011,098. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $2.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.45. Quantum-Si has a 52 week low of $0.61 and a 52 week high of $5.77. The firm has a market cap of $167.69 million, a P/E ratio of -1.84 and a beta of 2.75.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wolverine Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Quantum-Si during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Abel Hall LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Quantum-Si during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Dudley Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Quantum-Si in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Jump Financial LLC bought a new position in Quantum-Si in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in Quantum-Si during the 4th quarter worth $36,000. 39.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Quantum-Si news, Director Jonathan M. Rothberg sold 3,506,267 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.34, for a total value of $11,710,931.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,250,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,175,000. The trade was a 73.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 30.04% of the company's stock.

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.