IONQ

Earlier on IONQ

• August 27, 2026, pre-market (+2.14%)

  IONQ indicated $40.89, overnight gap +2.14%. IonQ's subsidiary Skyloom deployed dozens of optical communication terminals into orbit in support of the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, marking a hardware milestone beyond the company's core quantum computing business. On the revenue side, Q2 2026 growth came in at 287% year-over-year, supported by a recently disclosed DARPA contract. Countering that momentum, aggregate insider sales across IonQ and peers have reached nearly $863 million over three years with virtually no offsetting purchases, a pattern analysts have flagged alongside the company's elevated price-to-sales multiple.

• August 26, 2026, pre-market (-1.15%)

  IONQ indicated $41.56, overnight gap -1.15%. IonQ's second-quarter revenue grew 287% year-over-year, reaching $80.1 million, with the company guiding for organic growth exceeding 100% for the full year. On the contract front, subsidiary Skyloom Global deployed dozens of optical communications terminals into orbit as part of the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program. Offsetting the revenue momentum, insiders across IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave have collectively sold nearly $863 million in stock over three years with virtually no insider buying, a pattern analysts have flagged alongside the sector's extreme price-to-sales multiples.

• August 25, 2026, post-market (+2.41%)

  IONQ closed at $42.05, up 2.41% on the session. IonQ's one-month surge has kept the company at the center of quantum computing coverage, but a Motley Fool piece published today points to FormFactor as a quieter beneficiary of the sector's growth, supplying cryogenic testing equipment to competing quantum chip developers. FormFactor posted record quarterly revenue and a strong free cash flow margin in Q2, though the article notes its recent gains are driven more by AI memory demand than quantum milestones specifically.

• August 25, 2026, pre-market (+2.48%)

  IONQ indicated $42.08, overnight gap +2.48%. The session pullback follows a notable August run built on strong fundamentals: IonQ posted 287% year-over-year revenue growth in Q2 and secured a $28 million DARPA contract. Countering that momentum, insiders across IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave have collectively sold nearly $863 million in stock over three years with virtually no insider buying, a pattern drawing scrutiny given extreme price-to-sales multiples across the sector. On the operational side, IonQ's Skyloom subsidiary has deployed dozens of optical communications terminals into orbit in support of the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

• August 24, 2026, post-market (-8.47%)

  IONQ closed at $41.06, down 8.47% on the session. Today's selloff came alongside a Motley Fool analysis flagging that insiders across IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave have sold nearly $863 million in stock over three years with virtually no buying, which the piece framed as an overvaluation signal for the sector. A separate comparison article noted IonQ posted roughly $80 million in Q2 2026 revenue, up nearly 287% year-over-year, alongside a $28 million DARPA contract, underscoring the tension between accelerating commercial traction and a price-to-sales multiple that still sits well above historical norms for emerging technology categories.

• August 24, 2026, pre-market (-2.82%)

  IONQ indicated $43.59, overnight gap -2.82%. The session's strength follows 287% year-over-year revenue growth reported in Q2, with the company projecting organic growth exceeding double digits for the full year. A countervailing pressure emerged this morning as analysts flagged that insiders across IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave have collectively sold nearly $863 million in stock over three years with virtually no buying, citing valuation multiples far above historical norms for transformative technologies. On the commercial front, IonQ signed an MOU with Canadian Microelectronics to become a listed provider for Canada's FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox, expanding its enterprise footprint in government-backed research infrastructure.

• August 21, 2026, pre-market (+1.59%)

  IONQ indicated $42.19, overnight gap +1.59%. The session's pressure follows a strong one-month run tied to underlying business momentum: remaining performance obligations surged nearly three-fold year-over-year to $485 million, with revenue growing at a comparable pace. On the partnership front, IonQ signed an MOU to become a listed provider for Canada's FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox, integrating its trapped-ion systems into a national research and enterprise platform. The company has not yet reached profitability, and its negative trailing earnings reflect a long commercialization runway still ahead.

• August 20, 2026, pre-market (-1.30%)

  IONQ indicated $42.80, overnight gap -1.30%. The premarket dip follows a strong one-month run, with the most recent substantive news being IonQ's collaboration with Canadian Microelectronics to integrate its trapped-ion systems into Canada's FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox, establishing IonQ as a listed provider for that national research program. Separately, the company's most recently reported figures showed remaining performance obligations up roughly threefold year-over-year to $485 million, with revenue growth tracking similarly, underscoring a backlog build even as the path to profitability remains distant given the negative trailing earnings per share.