Critical Survey: Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) & Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR)

Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Quantum Computing has a beta of 3.74, meaning that its share price is 274% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Quantum Computing and Corsair Gaming, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quantum Computing	1	2	4	0	2.43
Corsair Gaming	1	2	4	1	2.62

Quantum Computing currently has a consensus price target of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 105.53%. Corsair Gaming has a consensus price target of $12.14, suggesting a potential downside of 6.02%. Given Quantum Computing’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Quantum Computing is more favorable than Corsair Gaming.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Quantum Computing and Corsair Gaming”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quantum Computing	$4.33 million	464.18	-$15.79 million	($0.07)	-127.43
Corsair Gaming	$1.45 billion	0.96	-$12.47 million	$0.30	43.07

Corsair Gaming has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum Computing. Quantum Computing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corsair Gaming, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Quantum Computing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Quantum Computing and Corsair Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quantum Computing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corsair Gaming	2.36%	13.10%	6.88%

Summary

Corsair Gaming beats Quantum Computing on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing Inc., an integrated photonics company, offers accessible and affordable quantum machines. The company offers Dirac systems are portable, low power, and room temperature qubit and qudit entropy quantum computers (EQC); reservoir computing; remote sensing; and single photon imaging. It also provides Quantum random number generator (uQRNG), a portable device that provides genuine random numbers directly from quantum processes; and quantum authentication which eliminates vulnerabilities inherent in classical cryptographic schemes by offering a comprehensive entanglement-based quantum cyber solution that seamlessly integrates into existing telecom fiber and communication infrastructure. The company was formerly known as Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. Quantum Computing, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

About Corsair Gaming

Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.