Quantum-Si incorporated (QSI)Healthcare | Medical Devices | Branford, United States | NasdaqGM
0.78 USD
-0.02
(-2.876%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.78 +0.00 (0.551%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured between a desperate fundamental reality and aggressive speculative positioning. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating rapidly: revenue has contracted by 41.8% year-over-year, operating margins are catastrophic at -74.5%, and the company is burning cash with negative free cash flow. The stock has lost 86.5% of its value over the last four years, and despite a recent technical bounce, the underlying economics remain broken with no path to profitability visible in the forward estimates. The lack of a dividend and the warning regarding Nasdaq listing compliance add significant pressure. However, the options market tells a completely different story, with traders pouring capital into deep out-of-the-money calls, betting on a miraculous turnaround or a liquidity event. While the speculative fervor suggests a potential short-term spike, the fundamental rot makes this a high-risk trap rather than a sound investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.289584 |
| AutoETS | 0.289585 |
| MSTL | 0.296577 |
| AutoTheta | 0.466242 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 32% |
| H-stat | 5.43 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.182 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.49 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1.805 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.007 |
| Market Cap | 170,729,440 |
| Forward P/E | -2.23 |
| Beta | 3.25 |
| Website | https://www.quantum-si.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, positioning massive call volume and open interest at strikes significantly above the current price ($1.00, $2.00, $2.50), while put activity is negligible. This indicates a strong speculative bet on a rapid recovery or a 'make-or-break' rally attempt.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.2777778 |
| Address1 | 29 Business Park Drive |
| All Time High | 25.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.612 |
| Ask | 0.9885 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,254,120 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,231,488 |
| Average Volume | 4,231,488 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,254,120 |
| Beta | 3.25 |
| Bid | 0.5415 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 0.823 |
| City | Branford |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.78 |
| Current Ratio | 9.969 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 0.822 |
| Day Low | 0.77 |
| Debt To Equity | 1.805 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | -87,360,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -0.712 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 38.78 |
| Enterprise Value | 62,241,452 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.4 |
| Eps Forward | -0.35 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.45 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.82374 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.043740034 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.05309932 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -27.777779 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.1 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.32 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.7483871 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.69 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.089999974 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.13043475 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.69 - 3.1 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,605,277,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 180,312,189 |
| Forward Eps | -0.35 |
| Forward P E | -2.2285714 |
| Free Cashflow | -50,126,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 145 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0231 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.87636 |
| Fullday Price | 0.7843 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.35016 |
| Gross Profits | 562,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.104540005 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.24835 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 218,883,912 |
| Industry | Medical Devices |
| Industry Disp | Medical Devices |
| Industry Key | medical-devices |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Quantum-Si incorporated, a life sciences company, develops proprietary, universal, and single-molecule detection platform applied to proteomics to enable next-gen protein sequencing (NGPS). The company offers Platinum and Platinum Pro NGPS instruments for single-molecule, amino acid level resolution, and automated data analysis; library preparation kits to prepare a customer's protein sample for sequencing; and sequencing kits, which contain the reagents and consumables used to perform NGPS. It also provides Platinum analysis software, a cloud-based solution that automates data analysis workflows and visualizes the sequencing results. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Branford, Connecticut. |
| Long Name | Quantum-Si incorporated |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 170,729,440 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_656553517 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -98,519,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 175,785,669 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 0.8219 |
| Operating Cashflow | -92,448,000 |
| Operating Margins | -74.50291 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 866 688 7374 |
| Post Market Change | 0.004300058 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.5512895 |
| Post Market Price | 0.7843 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,404 |
| Previous Close | 0.8031 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.9499999 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.94775206 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 106.37348 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 9.359 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0231 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.87636 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.822 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.77 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.77 - 0.822 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.8219 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.8031 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.78 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,412,311 |
| Return On Assets | -0.25715 |
| Return On Equity | -0.49113998 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.418 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.007 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 198,946,412 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0652 |
| Shares Short | 14,273,563 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 14,129,789 |
| Short Name | Quantum-Si Incorporated |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.08 |
| Short Ratio | 5.2 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CT |
| Symbol | QSI |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.3 |
| Target Median Price | 1.9 |
| Total Cash | 111,741,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.511 |
| Total Debt | 3,253,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,605,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.45 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.01199 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.23198998 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.22924139 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,412,311 |
| Website | https://www.quantum-si.com |
| Zip | 6,405 |