Pixie Dust Technologies (NASDAQ:PXDT) and QT Imaging (NASDAQ:QTI) Critical Analysis

Pixie Dust Technologies (NASDAQ:PXDT) and QT Imaging (NASDAQ:QTI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Pixie Dust Technologies and QT Imaging, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pixie Dust Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00
QT Imaging	0	0	0	0	N/A

Pixie Dust Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $5.21, indicating a potential upside of 327.05%. Given Pixie Dust Technologies’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pixie Dust Technologies is more favorable than QT Imaging.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Pixie Dust Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of QT Imaging shares are held by institutional investors. 75.4% of QT Imaging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pixie Dust Technologies and QT Imaging’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pixie Dust Technologies	$991.78 million	0.02	-$14.45 million	N/A	N/A
QT Imaging	$3.07 million	3.55	-$4.03 million	N/A	N/A

QT Imaging has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pixie Dust Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Pixie Dust Technologies and QT Imaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pixie Dust Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
QT Imaging	N/A	N/A	-19.75%

About Pixie Dust Technologies

Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc., a technology company, focuses on personal care and diversity, and workspace and digital transformation businesses primarily in Japan. It offers SonoRepro, an ultrasonic non-contact vibrotactile stimulation scalp care device; VUEVO, a series of directional voice arrival detection devices for individuals with deaf and hard-of-hearing; and kikippa, an acoustic stimulation device functioning as a desk-top speaker. The company also provides iwasemi, a sound-absorbing or sound-proofing material for architectural and interior design firms; hackke, a location positioning technology; KOTOWARI, a technology offering spatial analysis data; and magickiri, a planning services and monitoring service, which monitors human behavior and analyzes the customer's environment on the customer's behalf. In addition, it operates Pixie Nest, a membership forum, which hosts meetings and distributes information to facilitate solving social issues. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About QT Imaging

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of body imaging systems for detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The company offers QT Ultrasound Breast Scanner, an ultrasonic imaging system that provides reflection-mode and transmission-mode images of a patient's breast. QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Novato, California.