Quantinuum Inc. Class A Common Stock

Quantinuum secured a finalized US$100 million CHIPS R&D award from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support trapped ion quantum computer manufacturing in the United States. The company also announced new collaborations with Quanta Computer and Oracle tied to its trapped ion quantum hardware. As part of the Oracle tie-up, Quantinuum will place its Helios quantum computer inside Oracle data centers to support quantum cloud computing access. Quantinuum, a quantum computing hardware and software specialist in the IT industry, has a market cap of about US$12.7b. The company said the CHIPS R&D award and Oracle data center placement support its push to integrate quantum systems with AI and high performance computing through partners such as Oracle and HPE, though heavy reported losses and the risk of delays around its Sol and Apollo systems remain open issues.

IBM has finalized a $1 billion award under the CHIPS and Science Act for its quantum foundry subsidiary Anderon, and is backing the unit with a further $1 billion of its own money. The agreement converts a letter of intent signed in May, and the award is structured as research and development funding. Anderon runs a 300-millimeter pure-play quantum wafer foundry in New York, serving customers beyond IBM, with D-Wave among those expressing interest, and first wafers are already running through the facility. Separately, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum and Quantinuum each signed $100 million deals with Commerce last week in exchange for equity stakes. Jay Gambetta, director of IBM Research, said IBM's quantum roadmap requires a manufacturing foundation that can scale at the pace its work demands.

Quantinuum has signed a new non-binding memorandum of understanding with Aramco covering industrial quantum computing, a development that may support expectations for future project demand. The news comes as Quantinuum shares trade at US$52.01, down 21.2% over the past month, leaving investors to weigh how much of that price is supported by book value. On that measure the stock trades at a price-to-book ratio of about 4.6x, against an IT sector average near 2.7x and a peer group around 2.1x. The premium appears tied to expectations that Quantinuum's current asset base could support larger economic opportunities than a typical IT hardware or software group, given the interest the Aramco MoU has raised in its long-term project pipeline. One top community narrative holds that Quantinuum is 61% undervalued, citing Helios systems already in commercial use and a defined road map to Sol in 2027 and Apollo in 2029.

Wall Street closed the week lower as investors weighed a sharp rise in Treasury yields and fresh inflation data, with the benchmark 10-year yield climbing nearly 20 bps to 4.97% and CPI rising 0.4% month over month in August, in line with estimates and up from July's 0.1% gain. For the week, the blue-chip Dow fell 1.57%, the S&P 500 lost 0.80%, and the Nasdaq Composite handed back 0.66%. Apple formally unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone, at its Sept. 9 product event, with a foldable display starting at $1,999 and availability scheduled for Oct. 23. Novartis shares fell about 14% on Tuesday after the company reported that del-desiran, an experimental drug designed to fight muscle-wasting disease, failed to meet the primary endpoint in a late-stage trial. Oracle shares jumped after the IT giant reported fiscal first-quarter results and guidance that beat Wall Street estimates, with revenue up 30% year over year and cloud revenue climbing 62% to $11.6B, driven largely by a 121% surge in infrastructure revenue. Quantum computing stocks Rigetti Computing, Quantum Computing, and Quantinuum rallied on Tuesday following a combined $300M CHIPS Act funding commitment from the U.S. Department of Commerce, under which the government will receive minority equity stakes in Rigetti and D-Wave.

Quantum computing stocks rallied Tuesday after three companies secured $100 million each in U.S. government funding, while IonQ raised its 2026 revenue forecast. D-Wave, Rigetti, and Quantinuum each received $100 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the CHIPS and Science Act, with the government taking minority equity positions. The funding is earmarked for research and development, not immediate sales, helping recipients tackle technical challenges as they scale quantum systems. IonQ separately lifted its 2026 revenue outlook to $450 million to $460 million from $280 million to $290 million, and introduced its Superion 256 platform with customer deliveries planned for 2027. In trading, D-Wave Quantum gained 6%, Rigetti Computing rose 4%, Quantum Computing added 2.6%, and IonQ climbed 2% even as the broader market fell.

Quantinuum, a leading quantum computing company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Aramco, one of the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, to explore synergies in industrial quantum computing research, applications, and expertise. The MOU aims to support innovation and operational excellence within the energy sector by identifying Aramco's challenges suitable for quantum computing research, with an emphasis on solving complex problems in energy and digital transformation. The companies intend to undertake preliminary technical onboarding, engage in knowledge exchange, and prepare for a potential research collaboration focused on fault-tolerant quantum computing. Quantinuum's President and CEO, Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, stated that the MOU creates a framework for the two companies to exchange expertise and build a strong foundation for research across future generations of quantum computing.

NVIDIA's forecast of $108 billion in fiscal 2027 third-quarter revenues, plus or minus 2%, is boosting quantum computing stocks, as the company's AI infrastructure push supports hybrid quantum-classical computing. NVIDIA's Data Center revenues rose 117% in the fiscal second quarter, and its NVQLink architecture and Accelerated Quantum Research Center integrate quantum processors with GPUs. Two pure-play quantum stocks, Quantinuum (QNT) and Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT), stand out for their exposure to the sector's commercialization. Quantinuum, a founding collaborator on NVIDIA's Accelerated Quantum Research Center, saw second-quarter revenues jump 279% year over year and holds $2.1 billion in cash. QCi, which brought its NeuraWave platform to commercial readiness and completed its NHanced Semiconductors acquisition, reported second-quarter 2026 revenues of $5.6 million and $1.3 billion in cash. The broader backdrop includes over $730 billion in expected AI infrastructure spending by hyperscalers in 2026 and $12.6 billion in quantum startup investment in 2025, though moderating GDP growth and inflation above the Fed's target may make investors more selective.

Quantum computing stocks are entering a more demanding phase in the second half of 2026 as investors shift focus from qubit milestones to revenue visibility and commercialization. Quantum Computing Inc. reported second-quarter revenue of $5.6 million, up from $61,000 a year earlier, with a contract backlog of approximately $42.5 million, while Quantinuum's second-quarter revenue rose 279% year over year and it raised its 2026 revenue outlook to $28-$32 million. IonQ posted a 287% year-over-year revenue increase and raised its 2026 outlook to $280-$290 million, but carries a Zacks Rank #4, while D-Wave's first-half bookings surged 1,120% yet second-quarter revenue was only $3.1 million, essentially flat. Analysts' average price targets imply upside of 125.2% for Quantum Computing Inc. and 77% for Quantinuum.

IonQ and Quantinuum are emerging as leaders in the quantum computing sector, driven by superior accuracy and strong second-quarter results. IonQ's revenue surged 287% to $80.1 million, beating estimates, with 60% from commercial customers and a backlog of $485 million. Quantinuum's revenue jumped 279% to $8 million, and its partnership with Oracle to integrate its Helios system into Oracle's cloud infrastructure is seen as a game changer. Both companies use trapped-ion technology, achieving over 99.9% two-qubit gate fidelity, far ahead of rivals like D-Wave and Rigetti, whose accuracy lags significantly.

Oracle and Amazon Web Services have expanded their collaboration to accelerate migration to Oracle AI Database@AWS, now available across 22 AWS regions. Oracle also announced a multi-year quantum computing partnership with Quantinuum and new AI-driven Fusion Agentic Applications for HR. The company faces credit downgrades, heavy debt-funded AI infrastructure spending, and a delayed gas pipeline for its New Mexico AI data center. Analysts project Oracle could reach $181.8 billion in revenue and $41.7 billion in earnings by 2029, implying a fair value of $248.15 per share, a 65% upside to its current price.

Quantinuum CEO Rajeeb Hazra announced an industry-first partnership with Oracle to integrate its Helios quantum computer into Oracle's data center. The deal will place Helios, described as the world's most accurate quantum computer, into Oracle's compute infrastructure and offer it as a service. This integration aims to let Oracle customers deploy hybrid workloads combining AI and quantum computing seamlessly, without managing additional hardware.

Several companies made notable moves in midday trading, led by Wendy's jumping 13% after The Financial Times reported that Nelson Peltz' Trian Fund Management was preparing a bid to take the fast food chain private. Quantinuum rallied more than 21% after issuing better-than-expected 2026 revenue guidance of $28 million to $32 million, above the FactSet consensus of $26.5 million. CoreWeave gained 18% after reporting second quarter adjusted operating income margin of 5%, beating the StreetAccount estimate of 2.7%, and revenue of $2.58 billion, up 112% year over year. Super Micro Computer rose 14% on strong first quarter guidance, expecting adjusted earnings of $1.01 to $1.10 per share versus the LSEG consensus of 76 cents, and revenue of $14.5 billion to $15.5 billion, far above the anticipated $11.68 billion. H&R Block surged 15% after issuing an upbeat fiscal 2027 forecast of adjusted earnings between $6.04 and $6.24 per share on revenue of $4.11 billion to $4.16 billion, compared to LSEG estimates of $5.86 per share and $4.05 billion. Cava Group jumped 12% after second quarter earnings of 19 cents per share topped the LSEG consensus of 18 cents, with revenue of $368.4 million beating the expected $361 million. National Vision tumbled 6% after full-year guidance of 94 cents to $1.09 per share on revenue of $2.037 billion to $2.076 billion fell short of FactSet estimates of 96 cents and $2.06 billion. Aecom dropped 6% on weak fiscal third quarter results, with revenue of $3.59 billion down about 14% year over year and net service revenue in the Americas of $808.4 million below the FactSet forecast of $1.24 billion. Velo3D jumped 12% after raising its full-year revenue outlook to $65 million to $75 million, up from $60 million to $70 million, versus the FactSet consensus of $64.4 million. Lumentum Holdings rose 15% after fourth quarter adjusted earnings and revenue exceeded expectations, and Nebius Group jumped more than 25% on better-than-expected EBITDA and revenues. Coherent gained more than 9% ahead of its own earnings after the bell, and Kontoor Brands added 7% after second quarter earnings slightly beat expectations and full-year guidance was raised above consensus.

Quantinuum reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $8 million, a 279% increase from $2 million a year earlier, and raised its full-year revenue guidance to a range of $28 to $32 million. The company completed its initial public offering during the quarter, raising $1.7 billion in gross proceeds, and ended June with $2.1 billion in cash, equivalents, and short-term investments. GAAP net loss widened to $597 million from $57 million, while adjusted EBITDA loss was $68 million compared with a loss of $43 million in the prior-year period. Quantinuum also announced an industry-first partnership with Oracle to deploy its Helios quantum computer as an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service and demonstrated near five-nines logical fidelity on Helios, extending its leadership in fault tolerance.

Quantum computing exchange-traded funds have posted strong year-to-date gains amid historic U.S. government funding commitments to the sector. The Defiance Quantum ETF has surged 38.4%, the WisdomTree Quantum Computing Fund has soared 30.9%, and the Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF has rallied 69.9%. Driving the momentum are federal initiatives including $625 million from the Department of Energy to renew five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers, $2 billion in CHIPS Act incentives for domestic quantum foundries, and a $1 billion award to IBM to anchor a new U.S.-based quantum chip foundry in Albany, New York. Recent technological breakthroughs, such as Quantinuum's 98-qubit Helios system operating beyond classical simulation and NVIDIA's launch of open-source quantum AI models, have further validated the industry's commercial potential.

BlueQubit, Qedma Quantum Computing, IBM and RIKEN have demonstrated that today's quantum computers can solve problems beyond the reach of classical machines. The team simulated a Floquet Ising magnet's sub-atomic oscillations, with RIKEN pushing classical simulation to its limits using over 500,000 CPU-core hours on the Fugaku supercomputer and BlueQubit running tensor network and Pauli path algorithms on GPU clusters. Qedma deployed its QESEM error-mitigation software on IBM's 156-qubit Heron quantum processor and validated results across platforms including Quantinuum's trapped-ion systems, achieving percent-level accuracy. The error-mitigated quantum system delivered reliable results when advanced classical methods could no longer converge, marking a pivotal shift where quantum processors outpace classical computers.

A new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com finds that private investment in quantum technology accelerated to approximately US$4.9 billion in 2025, a 192% year-on-year increase, while cumulative investment since 2012 exceeded US$65 billion. The Quantum Investment Report & Company Directory 2026 profiles 313 companies across quantum computing, hardware, software, sensing, and communications and security, including Infleqtion, IQM, Xanadu, Pasqal, and Quantinuum, which filed for a potential US$20 billion initial public offering. Government funding remains central, accounting for an estimated 65% to 75% of total investment, and the report compares national quantum programs across more than a dozen countries. The 342-page publication also analyzes investment by technology subsector, application area, and region, and provides a market forecast through 2036.

Quantinuum, Rolls-Royce, Riverlane, and the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre have agreed to explore the use of quantum computing in industrial design and simulation. The multi-year collaboration will study whether quantum computers can work alongside supercomputers to improve complex fluid simulations used in gas turbine design. Quantinuum will provide access to its quantum systems and software, while Rolls-Royce will provide industrial use cases. Riverlane will contribute expertise in correcting quantum computing errors, and EPCC will bring supercomputing expertise. The partners plan to test parts of quantum algorithms on Quantinuum's Helios computer and assess how they could be used on future systems.

Honeywell has completed the spinoff of its aerospace business, resulting in four separate publicly traded companies: Honeywell Technologies, Honeywell Aerospace, Solstice Advanced Materials, and Quantinuum. Honeywell Technologies, now an industrial automation pure play, reported 3.5% revenue growth and 7% earnings per share growth in 2025, with management guiding for potential double-digit earnings growth. Honeywell Aerospace trades at around 27 times forward earnings, while Solstice Advanced Materials, which offers exposure to AI-related industries and nuclear energy, has surged nearly 66% since its spinoff nine months ago and trades at 30 times forward earnings against forecasted earnings growth exceeding 20%. Quantinuum, a quantum computing company taken public by Honeywell, has a market cap of $19.5 billion, with Honeywell Technologies retaining a 48.1% stake worth approximately $9.4 billion.

Nvidia, IonQ, and Quantinuum are highlighted as three quantum computing stocks to watch in the second half of 2026. McKinsey & Company estimates quantum AI could generate between $1.3 trillion and $2.7 trillion in economic value by 2035. Nvidia is positioned as an ecosystem enabler through its cuQuantum toolkit for simulating quantum circuits on its hardware, aiming to become the foundation for hybrid classical-quantum systems. IonQ offers pure-play exposure with its trapped-ion systems available on major cloud platforms and has pursued acquisitions to build a vertically integrated quantum platform, though it remains early-stage and unprofitable. Quantinuum, which went public last month after the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum, focuses on chemistry, cybersecurity, and machine learning and is backed by strategic investors including JPMorgan Chase, Amgen, Mitsui, and Nvidia.

Quantinuum, the quantum company in which Honeywell holds a 48% stake, has tremendous potential according to multiple investment banks that recently published bullish notes about QNT stock. Bank of America wrote that Quantinuum's newest platform, Helios, delivers industry-leading commercial performance, while heavyweights Amgen and BMW are already utilizing the system. J.P. Morgan added that commercial momentum is building and the company has a diversified pipeline of about $5 billion. On the negative side, after QNT stock rose sharply since its June 4 IPO, the stock is far from cheap with a market capitalization of $19 billion and analysts expecting only $45 million of revenue in 2027, resulting in a forward price-sales ratio of 422x. Additionally, Apollo, the product expected to trigger a positive revenue turning point, is not due until 2029. Still, long-term, risk-tolerant investors looking for an emerging-tech play should consider buying a small amount of QNT stock.

Quantinuum's stock has rallied 45.2% since its June 5, 2026 Nasdaq debut, outperforming the Internet Software industry's 3.7% decline and leading quantum peers IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, and Rigetti Computing. The Honeywell-backed company raised $1.68 billion in its June IPO, pricing 28 million shares at $60 each, above its original target. Wall Street sentiment turned overwhelmingly positive after the IPO quiet period expired, with multiple brokerages initiating coverage on June 29 and eight of nine analysts recommending Strong Buy or Buy. Rosenblatt Securities set a Street-high price target of $155, implying nearly 90% upside, while Needham, Evercore ISI, Mizuho Securities, Jefferies, and Cantor Fitzgerald provided targets ranging from $90 to $100. The Trump administration's $2 billion quantum computing initiative includes $100 million earmarked for Quantinuum, bolstering the long-term growth story, though risks remain from limited commercial revenues, high R&D spending, and intense competition.

Tradr ETFs has launched five new leveraged single-stock ETFs that seek to deliver two times the daily performance of their underlying stocks. The Cboe-listed funds cover Ciena, Quantinuum, Rambus, Tower Semiconductor, and TTM Technologies, with the Quantinuum and TTM Technologies ETFs being first-to-market exposures. Tradr's Head of Product and Capital Markets noted that Quantinuum's recent market debut has renewed enthusiasm in quantum computing, and that networking blue chip Ciena is seeing an AI-stoked revival. The launches expand Tradr's lineup to 72 leveraged ETFs representing approximately $10 billion in assets under management.

Tradr ETFs announced it expects to launch five single-stock leveraged ETFs on Wednesday, July 1. The Cboe-listed funds will seek to deliver two times the daily performance of their underlying stocks, covering Ciena Corporation, Quantinuum Inc., Rambus Inc., Tower Semiconductor Ltd., and TTM Technologies, Inc. The new ETFs are designed for sophisticated investors and professional traders seeking short-term leveraged exposure.

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on June 22 that ignited a significant rally in quantum computing stocks, with Infleqtion shares closing about 12% higher on Tuesday. The first order launches a national initiative to build a quantum computer for a Department of Energy facility and mandates federal agencies to submit five-year blueprints for quantum sensor and networking deployment, while the second requires all federal agencies to migrate critical infrastructure to post-quantum cryptographic standards by 2031. BTIG analyst Jesse Sobelson reiterated a Buy rating on INFQ with a $22 price objective, citing the sensor-related provisions that instruct the Department of Defense to designate at least three next-gen quantum sensor initiatives within 60 days for a September 2028 deployment target. The broader quantum sector also rallied despite a severe tech selloff, with Quantinuum surging nearly 15%, IBM gaining over 4%, and D-Wave ending about 3% higher. Infleqtion additionally unveiled America's Quantum Space Initiative and has a preliminary agreement with the Commerce Department's CHIPS program office for potential funding of up to $100 million tied to performance milestones.

Rigetti Computing shares fell nearly 9% on Tuesday as investors shifted attention to Quantinuum's blockbuster Nasdaq debut. Quantinuum raised about $1.68 billion in an upsized initial public offering and debuted with an approximate valuation of $15 billion, instantly becoming the largest publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company. The listing has reset valuation expectations across the quantum sector, introducing a new benchmark for assessing competitive positioning among companies such as Rigetti, IonQ, and D-Wave Quantum. Rigetti's recent execution has been improving, with first-quarter 2026 revenues of $4.4 million, up nearly 199% year over year, and the company ended the quarter with approximately $569 million in cash and no debt. The selloff in Rigetti appears to reflect capital rotation and a broader reassessment of relative value rather than any deterioration in the company's fundamentals.