Quantum Stocks Q2 2025: Are D-Wave, IonQ & Rigetti Funding the Future?
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: NASDAQ.COM
Updated: Aug 15 20250mins
Quantum Computing Companies' Earnings Overview: D-Wave Quantum, IonQ, and Rigetti Computing reported strong sales but significant losses in their second-quarter 2025 earnings, highlighting the industry's rapid growth yet ongoing struggle for profitability. Each company is investing heavily in R&D and strategic partnerships to advance their quantum technologies.
Financial Position and Future Prospects: Despite current losses, all three companies maintain substantial cash reserves—D-Wave with $819.3 million, IonQ with $1.6 billion, and Rigetti with $571.6 million—enabling them to pursue ambitious technology goals and potential acquisitions as they aim for scalable, commercially viable quantum systems.
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Analyst Views on RGTI
Wall Street analysts forecast RGTI stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for RGTI is 40.60 USD with a low forecast of 35.00 USD and a high forecast of 51.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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5 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 30.060
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35.00
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40.60
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51.00
Current: 30.060
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35.00
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40.60
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51.00
B. Riley
Neutral
downgrade
$42 -> $35
2025-11-12
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B. Riley
Price Target
$42 -> $35
2025-11-12
downgrade
Neutral
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B. Riley lowered the firm's price target on Rigetti Computing to $35 from $42 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. Sales and EPS came near modest consensus estimates, with most system sales expected in 1Q26 and 2Q26, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Cash of roughly $600M could support future M&A, though no immediate targets are identified, while shares have pulled back slightly after recent gains, the firm says.
Alliance Global Partners
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$20 -> $37
2025-11-11
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Alliance Global Partners
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$20 -> $37
2025-11-11
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Buy
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Alliance Global Partners raised the firm's price target on Rigetti Computing to $37 from $20 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Management's updated technology road map supports monetizaiton to begin scaling in 2028, argues the analyst, who expects "a reasonable timeline" for Rigetti to be added to DARPA Stage B is by end of Q1 of 2026.
Benchmark
David Williams
Buy
maintain
$50 -> $40
2025-11-11
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Benchmark
David Williams
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$50 -> $40
2025-11-11
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Buy
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Benchmark analyst David Williams lowered the firm's price target on Rigetti Computing to $40 from $50 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares following the company's Q3 report. While the firm remains constructive on Rigetti's progress, particularly its continued roadmap execution, the recent volatility across emerging tech and AI sectors has tempered near-term investor enthusiasm for quantum-related shares, though the firm thinks the recent pullback is "healthy" with the stock still up 107% year-to-date and 6% quarter-to-date, the analyst tells investors.
B. Riley
Buy
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Neutral
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$35 -> $42
2025-11-03
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B. Riley
Price Target
$35 -> $42
2025-11-03
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Buy
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Neutral
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B. Riley downgraded Rigetti Computing to Neutral from Buy with a price target of $42, up from $35. The firm believes delayed U.S. government funding authorizations bring sales risk to Rigetti. After a 190% share rally year-to-date, the stock is pricing in a significant percentage of long-term commercial success, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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About RGTI
Rigetti Computing, Inc. is a full-stack quantum computing company. The Company operates quantum computers over the cloud and serves global enterprise, government, and research clients through its Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services platform. The Company’s quantum-classical infrastructure provides high-performance integration with public and private clouds for practical quantum computing. It has developed a multi-chip quantum processor for scalable quantum computing systems. Through the Company’s Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) platform, its machines can be integrated into any public, private or hybrid cloud. It is also engaged in the sale of quantum processing units (QPUs) and custom computing components, and development contracts and other services. Its QPUs contain fabricated silicon-based chips featuring superconducting qubits. The Company designs and manufactures its chips in-house at Fab-1, an integrated quantum device manufacturing facility.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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