Today’s Change
(2.40%) $0.95
Current Price
$40.47
Key Data Points
Market Cap
Day’s Range
$39.45 – $44.43
52wk Range
$25.89 – $84.64
Volume
39.9M
Avg Vol
21.2M
Gross Margin
-3317.96%
IonQ (IONQ +2.40%), a full-stack quantum computing systems provider, closed at $40.47, up 2.40%. Shares rose after IonQ raised 2026 revenue guidance and secured a quantum security deal.
Trading volume reached 36.9 million shares, coming in about 73% above its three-month average of 21.3 million shares. IonQ IPO’d in 2021 and has grown 275% since going public.
How the markets moved today
The S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.58%) closed at 7,674, down 0.58%, and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.32%) closed at 26,421, down 0.32%. Among quantum computing hardware and cloud-access services peers, Rigetti Computing (RGTI +4.01%) closed at $15.81, up 4.01%, and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS +6.57%) closed at $17.67, up 6.57%, as investors kept favoring the group.
What this means for investors
IonQ provided some updates for its Investor Day today. The quantum computing platform and foundry raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $450 million to $460 million after the closing of its SkyWater Technology acquisition on July 31. IonQ’s prior estimate for 2026 revenue was for a midpoint of $285 million.
The company also announced an $8.18 million quantum security deal with Congruity360, which it called “one of the largest commercial quantum-security agreements in the United States to date.”
IonQ’s Investor Day presentation highlighted the company’s size relative to its peers, noting that Q2 revenue of $80 million was nearly twice the combined revenue of all other quantum computing companies.
Even so, at this early stage of commercializing the technology, investors may be well-suited to create a basket of holdings in the quantum space.
Howard Smith has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends IonQ. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
