Rigetti Computing Shares Surge 45% in 2025, Yet Faces Significant Technical Challenges
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 51m ago
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- Stock Performance: Rigetti Computing's shares surged over 45% in 2025 and continued to rise by more than 10% in early 2026, reflecting market interest in its quantum computing technology, although the current price stands at $23.48, down 5.95% from the previous trading day.
- Technical Strengths and Weaknesses: While Rigetti's quantum computing systems are estimated to be over 1,000 times faster than those of competitor IonQ, its two-qubit gate fidelity is only 99.5%, falling short of the 99.9% threshold recommended by data scientists, indicating significant accuracy challenges.
- Market Recognition: Despite failing to advance to Stage B of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, Rigetti has garnered attention from analysts, with Rossenblatt Securities initiating coverage with a
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 39.75 USD with a low forecast of 30.00 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.
10 Analyst Rating
7 Buy
3 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 24.960
Low
30.00
Averages
39.75
High
51.00
Current: 24.960
Low
30.00
Averages
39.75
High
51.00
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.
About the author
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.
