IonQ Climbs 10%, D-Wave Rockets 25%, Rigetti Soars 24%, Quantum Computing Inc.
Jumps 14%: The Quantum Trade Roars Back Quick Read – Shares of IonQ (IONQ), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), and Quantum Computing (QUBT) moved sharply higher, driven not by a specific catalyst on Thursday but by Q1 2026 earnings showing strong growth. – Declining market volatility and de-risking sentiment pulled capital back into the quantum complex as a unified basket, with the largest gains concentrated in the most beaten-down names that entered Thursday in negative year-to-date territory. – The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 stocks and IonQ wasn’t one of them
Get them here FREE. IonQ’s (NYSE:IONQ) shares are up 10% in early Thursday trading, while D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS) stock is spiking 25% higher. Moreover, Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) stock is rising 24% and Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) stock is climbing 14%.
Thus, the pure-play quantum cohort is trading as a single basket once again. The bounce arrives three days after this same group sold off in unison on Monday, May 18, when IonQ fell 8%, D-Wave dropped 9%, Rigetti slid 10%, and Quantum Computing also lost 10%. Today’s gain magnitudes mirror that pullback pattern almost perfectly.