IONQ
IonQ, Inc.
September 22, 2026 · after-hours
- Rarity
- 1.54
- Peak move
- +14.99%
- Float cap
- $14.4B
IonQ develops and sells quantum computing hardware, cloud-based quantum-computing-as-a-service, and complementary quantum networking, sensing, and security products. It provides access to its quantum computers through major cloud platforms and its own service, along with professional services and full on-premises systems for select customers. The company also offers satellite-derived data-as-a-service.
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17 events · 0 from SEC or newswire · 0 timed with the movemacro_dataThe Federal Reserve raised its benchmark federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00% on Sept. 16, its first rate hike since July 2023, citing elevated inflation, with the 10-year Treasury yield approaching 5%.
analyst_ratingRosenblatt Securities analyst John McPeake maintained a Buy rating on IonQ and set a $100.00 price target, after Jefferies' Kevin Garrigan issued a Buy the prior day and J.P. Morgan maintained a Hold.
peer_disclosureQuantum World Congress opened Sept. 23 at the University of Maryland in College Park, with IonQ among sponsors and executives from Rigetti, D-Wave, Quantinuum, Atom Computing, Infleqtion, Microsoft, Google, Nvidia and IBM slated to speak on quantum roadmaps and commercialization.
insider_saleIonQ CEO and Chairman Niccolo de Masi sold 16,121 shares at $37.0932 per share on Sept. 11, 2026, leaving him 1,123,426 shares, per a Form 4 disclosed Sept. 15; director John W. Raymond sold 2,407 shares at $37.21 on Sept. 10, and aggregated Form 4 filings reported Sept. 22 show broader insider sales across quantum companies.
- Key event
major_contractIonQ announced a multi-year strategic partnership with South Korea's SDT, Inc., supplying a Superion 256 quantum computer and IonQ's silicon-vacancy (SiV) quantum memory module, with SDT planning a quantum manufacturing and system-integration facility in Gumi, South Korea, and a hybrid quantum-classical data center.
- Key event
product_launchIonQ announced the industry's first end-to-end real-time quantum error correction decoder running on a single standard off-the-shelf CPU, tested on circuits simulating up to 408 logical qubits and more than 31.5 million quantum operations with as little as 0.02% stretch time.
commodity_eventBrent crude moved back above $100 a barrel as elevated oil prices, a more hawkish Fed and rising bond yields pressured high-duration speculative technology stocks.
analyst_ratingWedbush maintained an Outperform/Buy rating on IonQ with a $75 price target on Sept 22, 2026, following the company's real-time quantum error decoder announcement.
- Key event
peer_disclosureIBM finalized a $1 billion Commerce Department award for its Anderon subsidiary and is adding $1 billion of its own capital to Anderon's 300mm Albany foundry, a $2 billion quantum-chip manufacturing platform targeting superconducting qubits.
analyst_ratingB. Riley Securities reiterated a Buy rating on IonQ with a $100 price target ahead of Quantum World Congress (Sept. 23-25), citing signs U.S. quantum policy is shifting from research funding toward commercialization.
index_rebalanceIonQ was added to the S&P Semiconductors Select Industry Index, an index change announced on Sept 20, 2026 that requires tracking funds to trade the shares.
analyst_ratingMizuho confirmed a Buy rating on IonQ but cut its price target to $52 from $61 in mid-September, citing a preference for the long-term outlook despite operational expansion and continued cash burn.
peer_disclosureA study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IonQ, NVIDIA and the University of Tennessee presented Sept. 16 at IEEE Quantum Week showed a generative AI model designing quantum optimization circuits directly, cutting compilation runtime for a 100-variable benchmark from over 11 minutes to roughly 28 seconds; the work received a best paper award.
product_launchEPB launched the IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum computer at the EPB Quantum Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, described as America's first commercial quantum computing and networking hub, with UT Chattanooga as first customer in early October and IonQ investing $15 million in a Tennessee Quantum Communications Research Center.
major_contractIonQ and Synopsys published research integrating quantum algorithms into Synopsys' Ansys LS-DYNA simulation software, finding up to 14.6% reductions in runtime for industrial design simulations on IonQ's 36-qubit Forte trapped-ion computer; the paper won an IEEE Quantum Week 2026 Best Paper Award on Sept. 14.
index_rebalanceQuantinuum Inc. (NasdaqGM: QNT) was added to the Russell 1000 Growth-Dynamic Index.
analyst_ratingCraig-Hallum maintained a Buy rating on IonQ after the company's Sept. 8 Investor Day, with no price target disclosed.