What is HC Wainwright's Estimate for Quantum-Si Q3 Earnings?

Key Points

• HC Wainwright has dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Quantum-Si to ($0.17) from a previous estimate of ($0.16), while maintaining a "Buy" rating and a $5.50 target price on the stock.
• Quantum-Si reported revenue of $0.59 million in its latest quarterly earnings, significantly below the consensus estimate of $1.28 million, and posted a negative return on equity of 44.57%.
• CEO Jeffrey Alan Hawkins and another insider sold a combined 54,252 shares of Quantum-Si in late June, indicating a decrease in their holdings of the company stock.

Quantum-Si Incorporated (NASDAQ:QSI - Free Report) - Equities researchers at HC Wainwright decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Quantum-Si in a report released on Wednesday, August 6th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Ramakanth now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.17) for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.16). HC Wainwright has a "Buy" rating and a $5.50 price target 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 FY2025 earnings at ($0.64) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.64) EPS, FY2027 earnings at ($0.55) EPS, FY2028 earnings at ($0.37) EPS and FY2029 earnings at $0.01 EPS.

Separately, Alliance Global Partners reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Quantum-Si in a research note on Friday, May 16th.

Quantum-Si Stock Performance

NASDAQ:QSI traded down $0.06 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $1.15. The stock had a trading volume of 7,010,908 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,852,254. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $1.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $210.11 million, a P/E ratio of -1.68 and a beta of 2.87. Quantum-Si has a one year low of $0.61 and a one year high of $5.77.

Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.16). The firm had revenue of $0.59 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 million. Quantum-Si had a negative return on equity of 44.57% and a negative net margin of 3,120.14%.

Insider Activity

In other Quantum-Si news, insider John S. Vieceli sold 21,923 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.61, for a total value of $35,296.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 842,586 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,356,563.46. The trade was a 2.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jeffrey Alan Hawkins sold 23,705 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.61, for a total value of $38,165.05. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,623,011 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,223,047.71. This represents a 0.90% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 54,252 shares of company stock valued at $87,346 over the last quarter. 22.95% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Quantum-Si

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new position in Quantum-Si during the 1st quarter valued at $4,721,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Quantum-Si by 15.1% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,447,738 shares of the company's stock worth $6,759,000 after buying an additional 452,850 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Quantum-Si by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 841,146 shares of the company's stock worth $2,271,000 after buying an additional 40,026 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Quantum-Si by 1,211.4% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 544,956 shares of the company's stock worth $1,471,000 after buying an additional 503,400 shares during the period. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Quantum-Si by 50.2% in the 1st quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 368,968 shares of the company's stock worth $443,000 after buying an additional 123,383 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 39.90% of the company's stock.

Quantum-Si Company Profile

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.