Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. 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 $2.33 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 $1.04 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Stifel on August 05, 2025, D-Wave Quantum Inc [QBTS] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $26. Analysts at Rosenblatt started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of July 23, 2025, Canaccord Genuity has initiated its “Buy” rating for QBTS. Earlier on July 02, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for QBTS stock.
Analyzing QBTS Stock Performance
On last trading session, D-Wave Quantum Inc [NYSE: QBTS] plunged -3.93% to $17.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $17.41, but it reached a high of $18.52 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.05%. Over the course of the year, D-Wave Quantum Inc shares have jumped approximately 1768.03%.
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.
Which companies own the most shares of D-Wave Quantum Inc (QBTS)?
In terms of D-Wave Quantum Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 23 in the next 12 months, up nearly 25.68% from the previous closing price of $18.3. Analysts anticipate D-Wave Quantum Inc stock to reach 26 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 July 25, 2024, B. Riley Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $3.
