IonQ

IONQ

Market cap $13B

Quantum Computing stocks QBTS, RGTI, IONQ, QUBT and QNT lagged in 2026 but carry sizable brokerage upside as U.S. policy shifts toward commercialization.

IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) closed the most recent trading day at $35.1, moving 6.42% from the previous trading session.

Jason Brown (@brownreport) says he's long-term bullish but short-term skeptical on the stock market, though he highlights three stocks he sees weathering the volatile tech storm. He names Alphabet (GOOGL) as a strong AI company backed by still-growing search revenue, likes Target (TGT) as it hits the bullseye on its comeback story, and tilts bearish on IonQ (IONQ) as he's skeptical on quantum computing demand.

IonQ (IONQ 4.48%) sits at the center of a high-stakes quantum race where national security, government validation, and next-generation computing collide. The bull case is powerful because IonQ is building a platform rather than just selling hardware.

IonQ's stock has sold off heavily over the past two months. The company's technology is what separates it from a crowded field of peers.

Despite its status as the largest pure-play quantum computing firm by market capitalization, IonQ Inc. NYSE: IONQ has proven not to be the most stable bet in recent weeks. Shares have fallen about 35% in the last month, and despite a strong Q1 2026 in many respects, the firm's losses per share are widening.

IonQ IONQ shares have tumbled 36.4% over the past month, underperforming other pure-play quantum computing stocks, including Rigetti Computing RGTI, down 32.3%, D-Wave Quantum QBTS, down 28.9%, and Quantum Computing Inc. QUBT, down 27.9%, despite the sector's favorable long-term outlook. The decline comes even as Washington intensified support for quantum technologies through executive orders, increased funding initiatives and a renewed focus on post-quantum cybersecurity.

HSBC downgrades IBM shares to the equivalent of Sell, pointing to better investment opportunities in a basket of stocks including IonQ and Accenture.

LONDON and AUSTIN, Texas, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) USA and FormationQ today announced a landmark research partnership that will apply trapped-ions quantum computing by IonQ to one of the most enduring questions in behavioral ecology: why do some species engage in lethal intergroup violence while others live peacefully alongside their neighbours? Launching on World Chimpanzee Day, which marks the 66th anniversary of Dr. Jane Goodall's arrival at Gombe, Tanzania to begin her wild chimpanzee study, the two-year programme builds on more than six decades of pioneering field research, bringing together advanced computational modelling, hybrid quantum-classical computing and behavioural ecology into a new state-of-the-art collaborative research framework.

IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) shares are sliding Monday as geopolitical turmoil between Washington and Tehran drives investors away from risk assets, sending Bitcoin and crypto-linked equities broadly lower to start the week.