Company Analysis

Quantum-Si Incorporated (QSI)

Nasdaq: QSI · Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC · Branford, CT · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade2.8
◀ Past 1.9● Present 2.5▶ Future 4.1
1 est.

The grade of Quantum-Si Incorporated

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.8/10
◀ Past1.930% of the headline
● Present2.540% of the headline
▶ Future4.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-07-24.

weight 33% of this tense · 5th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's filings since 2020 show 7 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2026-07-24); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-05-10); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-06-07); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-05-18) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's 5 filed years say what it did: it rose in 1 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 20% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 23% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak20.3%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
3.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 32% of 11 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 11 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Quantum-Si Incorporated's shareholder treatment is put at 3.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 32% of 11 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -46%: lost 46¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 10%: owes 10¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Quantum-Si Incorporated lost about 46 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 0 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 10 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 38.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 5% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 15% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
0.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 9% of 11 in its family; net margin -4160.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 9th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 14% by size; a net margin of -4160.1% ranks in the bottom 5% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.4Mbottom 14% of its family
  • net margin-4160.1%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hawkins, Jeffrey Alan (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-10-13, 4.1 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.5 years (bottom 5%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 32%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 14 peopletop 32% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.5 yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.1 yearsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 42% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $22 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 8.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3991.5% of revenue (bottom 5%); a gross margin of 47.3% (bottom 28%); research spending of 2206.9% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets8.8%bottom 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3991.5%bottom 5% of its family
  • gross margin47.3%bottom 28% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2206.9%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
1.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 17% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 17th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew -20.4% (bottom 14%); research spending grew -9.3% a year (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -38.3% a year (bottom 14%) (its annual reports). Quantum-Si Incorporated reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $2 million (94%), Service at $150 thousand (6%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • the newest year's revenue growth-20.4%bottom 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-9.3%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-38.3%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 25% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Quantum-Si Incorporated's newest year against its own record: net income of $101 million against a prior three-year average of $110 million (top 45%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net income against the prior three years' average+8%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton QSI · research, not advice