Taking on analysts’ expectations and winning: IonQ Inc (IONQ)

With 35.38 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 23.4 million shares. During the session, the Computer Hardware company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $46.82 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $41.44. The 52-week range on IONQ shows that it touched its highest point at $54.74 and its lowest point at $6.54 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $49.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.54.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of IONQ was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.74%, but this was up by 7.49% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 43.72% while six-month performance rose 10.77%. The stock gained 7.59% in the past year, while it has gained 560.88% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for IONQ yields -2.02 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.94. For the next quarter, that number is -0.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.51% for this year and -6.74% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -5.01% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -85.81%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 296.84 million IONQ shares are outstanding with a float of 285.28 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 34.97 million, which was 1201.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Niccolo Mcleod de Masi as the firm’s CEO & Chairman, Mr. Thomas G. Kramer serves as its Chief Financial Officer.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-06-30, IONQ reported revenue of $20694000.0 and operating income of -$160592000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$110399000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.7.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for IONQ since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With IONQ analysts setting a high price target of 70.0 and a low target of 32.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 49.57143. Based on these targets, IONQ could surge 55.76% to reach the target high and fall by -28.79% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 10.31% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.83116 being high and -$0.90999 being low. For IONQ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.86667. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was -$0.14. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.16 and the low estimate is -$0.25. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.22.

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