Analysts pessimistic about IONQ’s future growth prospects

NUE

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. IonQ Inc shares valued at $2,264,720 were sold by Kramer Thomas G. on Jul 21 ’25. At $47.70 per share, Kramer Thomas G. sold 47,478 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 555,656 shares worth approximately $22.16 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Chou Kathryn K. sold 6,789 shares, netting a total of over 292,864 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $43.14 each, the insider now holds 60,839 shares.

Before that, KATHRYN CHOU had added 6,789 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $311,819, the Director bought IonQ Inc shares for $45.93 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Rosenblatt on July 29, 2025, IonQ Inc [IONQ] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $70. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of December 19, 2024, DA Davidson has initiated its “Buy” rating for IONQ. Earlier on August 11, 2023, Craig Hallum resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for IONQ stock.

Analyzing IONQ Stock Performance

On last trading session,, IonQ Inc [NYSE: IONQ] plunged -1.60% to $39.88. The stock’s lowest price that day was $39.23, but it reached a high of $41.86 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -7.86%. Over the course of the year, IonQ Inc shares have jumped approximately 385.75%.

Support And Resistance Levels for IonQ Inc (IONQ)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.71 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is IonQ Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of IonQ Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.47 million shares to 34.97 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 35.45 million shares. A decline of -1.35% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.55 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.55.

Which companies own the most shares of IonQ Inc (IONQ)?

In terms of IonQ Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 37 in the next 12 months, down nearly -8.71% from the previous closing price of $40.53. Analysts anticipate IonQ Inc stock to reach 45 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 29. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked IonQ Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 26, 2023, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $7.

Most Popular

Knox Daily
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.