IonQ

IONQ

Market cap $22.8B

Earlier this week, Wall Street celebrated the three-year anniversary of the start of the current bull market for the benchmark S&P 500. While the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has played a key role in sending the broader market to new heights, AI isn't the only game-changing trend fueling investor optimism at the moment.

When you're looking for stocks that could go parabolic, you usually have to look beyond the big, established names. These are often early-stage companies, but that's also where the biggest upside comes from.

IonQ's $2B equity raise, Oxford Ionics acquisition and rapid tech advances cement its 2025 lead in scalable quantum computing.

IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) stock is down 6.6% in a day in reaction to the company's announcement of a substantial $2 billion equity offering.

Quantum computing investing is not an easy field to pick stocks in. There's a lot of complex knowledge needed to understand the technology, making it hard for investors to discern which company is currently leading the way.

Shares of quantum computing stocks like IonQ (IONQ -5.85%) and Rigetti (RGTI 0.46%) were soaring after JPMorgan Chase announced a massive investment in strategic industries.

I think something big is happening in the quantum computing industry. I have kept my hands off pure-play quantum stocks like Rigetti Computing (RGTI 0.46%), IonQ (IONQ -5.85%), and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS 4.13%) so far because they look so risky.

In the closing of the recent trading day, IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) stood at $72.41, denoting a -6.63% move from the preceding trading day.

Trump-era quantum funding plans could supercharge Amazon, Microsoft and IonQ as government and private investments accelerate commercialization.

JPMorgan Chase ( NYSE:JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon ignited fresh momentum in quantum computing with the launch on Monday of the bank's Security & Resiliency Initiative.