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Two blockbuster quantum deals hit the tape Monday morning and sent the entire sector surging, but with triple-digit valuations and no profits in sight, the real question is whether these gains mark a turning point or just another tradeable spike.
IONQ and QBTS are set to report earnings next week with forecasts for 50%+ EPS improvement as quantum commercialization gains momentum.
There’s no denying it: the quantum-computing sector has been unwound. Over the past month, pure-play quantum stocks have sold off sharply as investors pulled capital out of high-multiple and often pre-profit tech. For example, IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) shares are down 39% over the trailing month, with the stock changing hands midday Wednesday at $32.86. Rigetti Computing ... IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave Quantum Are Down 30% in a Month. Is More Pain Coming for Quantum Computing Stocks?
As quantum stocks slump in 2025, ETFs like WisdomTree's WQTM and Defiance's QTUM offer diversified exposure, suiting long-term and short-term investors with differing risk and liquidity needs.
Quantum computing stocks are cratering Monday morning with no company news to blame, and the real culprit stretches far beyond Silicon Valley to a chokepoint in the Middle East that is rattling the entire risk landscape.
The Commerce Department’s $2 billion in planned CHIPS R&D funding for nine quantum companies, announced in May, gave the quantum computing trade something it lacked for a decade: a federal balance sheet behind it. Three exchange-traded funds capture the trade from different angles. The Defiance Quantum ETF (NASDAQ:QTUM) is the closest thing to a pure-play. ... Quantum Computing Just Hit Commercial Viability and Trump’s $2 Billion Quantum Push Has These 3 ETFs Sitting on Top of the Trade
Anyone who bought IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) bought a specific thesis: that trapped-ion architecture will win the race to commercial quantum computing. The stock rewards conviction when headlines break the right way and punishes it just as fast when they don’t. IonQ shares moved from $29.15 to $57.45 inside a six-month window in 2025, the kind of ... Forget Betting on One Quantum Stock. This Fund Owns the Entire Field for Just 0.40%
Both Defiance Quantum ETF (NYSEARCA:QTUM) and Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) get pitched as ways to own the future of computing, but they are not interchangeable. QTUM is marketed around quantum, yet its mandate is broader, advanced computing and machine learning, and it shares meaningful names with QQQ. The decision a buyer is actually making is ... QTUM vs. QQQ: Does the Quantum-Computing ETF Beat Just Buying the Nasdaq-100?
The quantum computing entry point today echoes Nvidia before its 2019 surge. From speculative bets like IonQ to safer plays like IBM and Alphabet, here's how to buy the boom.
Quantum computing stocks surged recently after the US government announced $2 billion in grants to nine quantum computing companies in exchange for minority equity stakes. The Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM) and Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF (CHPX) are two ETFs focused on the group, writes Neena Mishra, director of ETF Research at Zacks Investment Research.
Elon Musk’s most fundamental advice to entrepreneurs looking to get investors to launch a new technology was to build a working prototype. Musk succinctly separated theory from tangible reality when he said: “Everything looks great on PowerPoint” as where everyone may start, but only those theories that can be shown to actually work as purported, ... Quantum Computing’s $6 Billion ETF Is Up 54% This Year, And It Is Still Earlier Than the AI Trade Was in 2022
A $10,000 position in the Defiance Quantum ETF (NYSEARCA:QTUM) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth about $15,420 by the close on June 2, 2026, a 54.2% year-to-date move from a starting price of $109.44 to $168.76. Over the same stretch the S&P 500, as proxied by SPY, returned 11%, and the Nasdaq-100 ... An Overlooked Quantum ETF Just Did What the Broad Market Took Years to Accomplish
DoC's proposed $2.013B quantum funding sparks a sector rally, putting D-Wave Quantum and Honeywell's Quantinuum among key beneficiaries.
The quantum computing trade has shifted from a speculative bet to an identifiable, investable theme, and the three exchange-traded funds that best capture it each take a different angle on the same transition. Defiance Quantum ETF (NYSEARCA:QTUM) holds a pure-play roster of qubit makers and quantum-adjacent semiconductor companies. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKQ) ... Quantum Computing Just Hit Commercial Viability and These 3 ETFs Sit on Top of the Compute Transition
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently sent shockwaves through the technology sector by signing letters of intent to inject $2 billion into nine quantum computing and hardware companies under the CHIPS and Science Act. The capital allocation includes a massive $1 billion commitment to a newly formed IBM subsidiary, alongside substantial stakes in pure-play firms like GlobalFoundries, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum. Yet it was not the dollar amount that triggered a parabolic surge in pub
Rigetti Computing has secured government backing for its quantum technology, and institutions are quietly positioning for a possible short squeeze.
Quantum stocks are rising; here are some ETFs to consider.
QTUM's surge to a new 52-week high highlights the growing investor appetite for quantum technologies.
Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci 5 surgical platform, which began shipping in earnest on April 1, 2026, runs on 10,000 times the computing power of the da Vinci Xi and was co-engineered with NVIDIA’s Isaac platform. That is a working hospital robot, on the floor, today, that needed an AI compute stack nobody had five years ... Quantum Computing and Robotics Are Arriving Faster Than Most Investors Realize and After Years of Covering This Space These 3 ETFs Stand Out
Defiance Quantum ETF (NASDAQ:QTUM) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.9% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.32%. Currently, Defiance Quantum ETF has a market capitalization of $4.71 billion. Buying $1000 In QTUM: If an investor had bought $1000 of QTUM stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,225.08 today based on a price of $145.00 for QTUM at the time of writing. Defiance Quantum ETF's Performance Over Last 5 Years Finally -- what's the point of
The Defiance Quantum ETF (NASDAQ:QTUM) was built to solve a simple investor problem: how do you get exposure to quantum computing without betting the farm on a single pre-revenue science project? Pure-play names like IonQ, D-Wave, and Rigetti can swing 20% on a press release. QTUM packages roughly 84 companies across the quantum and machine-learning ... Quantinuum’s IPO Could Reshape QTUM in 2026. Here’s What to Watch
Quantum computing is no longer a sci-fi concept; it is now a reality. In addition to small entrepreneurial companies with fresh ideas and the potential to make them into a commercial blockbuster, there are many established companies, including Magnificent 7 members, who also have a footprint in the sector. Defiance Quantum ETF (NASDAQ: QTUM) is ... QTUM Just Hit a New High. The 2 Catalysts That Could Push It Higher in 2026.
Quantum ETFs like QTUM and CHPX are gaining momentum on breakthroughs, funding surge and commercialization hopes.
Still confused about quantum investing? A fund like the Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM) can make it easier to get started. At its core, QTUM is an exchange-traded fund that gives investors access to companies tied to next-gen tech. This includes quantum computing, AI, and advanced chips. Instead of picking one stock, the fund spreads money across many firms in the same space. As of now, QTUM trades near $111 and is up about 42% over the past year. Over three years, the gain is close to 148%. This sh
NVIDIA stands out in 2026 as a safer way to tap quantum computing, offering indirect exposure via hybrid tech while avoiding the high risks of pure-play startups.
IonQ, D-Wave and Rigetti show 100%+ price target upside as quantum stocks wobble amid macro uncertainty and selective March stabilization.
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