Decline in QBTS’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. D-Wave Quantum Inc shares valued at $950,854 were sold by Nielsen Kirstjen on Jun 12 ’25. At $16.21 per share, Nielsen Kirstjen sold 58,644 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 132,673 shares worth approximately $2.26 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Nielsen Kirstjen sold 13,000 shares, netting a total of over 208,520 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $16.04 each, the insider now holds 119,673 shares.

Before that, DiLullo John D had sold 22,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $332,662, the Director traded D-Wave Quantum Inc shares for $15.12 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 22,000 shares, worth approximately $1.01 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Rosenblatt on July 29, 2025, D-Wave Quantum Inc [QBTS] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $30. Analysts at Canaccord Genuity started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of July 02, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for QBTS. Earlier on July 25, 2024, B. Riley Securities initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for QBTS stock.

Analyzing QBTS Stock Performance

On last trading session,, D-Wave Quantum Inc [NYSE: QBTS] plunged -3.45% to $17.06. The stock’s lowest price that day was $16.77, but it reached a high of $18.465 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -15.96%. Over the course of the year, D-Wave Quantum Inc shares have jumped approximately 1623.06%.

Support And Resistance Levels for D-Wave Quantum Inc (QBTS)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 49.84 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is D-Wave Quantum Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of D-Wave Quantum Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -6.37 million shares to 54.64 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 61.01 million shares. A decline of -11.65% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.31 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.31.

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In terms of D-Wave Quantum Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 20 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.19% from the previous closing price of $17.67. Analysts anticipate D-Wave Quantum Inc stock to reach 20 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked D-Wave Quantum Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 08, 2024, Needham assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $2.50.

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