IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ) has a beta value of 2.43 and has seen 28.09 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $11.46B, closed the last trade at $47.77 per share which meant it gained $4.67 on the day or 10.84% during that session. The IONQ stock price is -1.65% off its 52-week high price of $48.56 and 86.98% above the 52-week low of $6.22. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 25.22 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 25.70 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that IonQ Inc (IONQ) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.11. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 3 out of 8 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ) trade information
Sporting 10.84% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the IONQ stock price touched $47.77 or saw a rise of 0.99%. Year-to-date, IonQ Inc shares have moved 14.36%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -0.97%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ) have changed 45.68%. Short interest in the company has seen 31.07 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.06.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $20, which means that the shares’ value could drop -138.85% from current levels. The projected low price target is $18.0 while the price target rests at a high of $22.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is 53.95% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 62.32% from current levels.
IonQ Inc (IONQ) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that IonQ Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 544.67% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -10.30%, compared to 17.20% for the industry.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -7.98% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 20.00%.
IONQ Dividends
IonQ Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ)’s Major holders
Insiders own 9.82% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 36.62% with a share float percentage of 40.60%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with IonQ Inc having a total of 323.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.31 million shares worth more than $142.76 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.7558% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 14.16 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $99.55 million and represent 6.8029% of shares outstanding.
