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 $275,000 were sold by Chou Kathryn K. on Dec 22 ’25. At $55.00 per share, Chou Kathryn K. sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 60,839 shares worth approximately $3.1 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, KATHRYN CHOU purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 242,400 in proceeds.
Before that, Chou Kathryn K. had sold 20,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,027,980, the Director traded IonQ Inc shares for $51.40 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 20,000 shares, worth approximately $3.1 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Wedbush on December 17, 2025, IonQ Inc [IONQ] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $60. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of December 11, 2025, Mizuho has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for IONQ. Earlier on November 20, 2025, JP Morgan initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for IONQ stock.
Analyzing IONQ Stock Performance
On last trading session, IonQ Inc [NYSE: IONQ] rose 3.96% to $50.88. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.33, but it reached a high of $50.92 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.21%. Over the course of the year, IonQ Inc shares have jumped approximately 82.63%.
Is IonQ Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of IonQ Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 12.04 million shares to 78.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 66.14 million shares. A jump of 15.4% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.36 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.36.
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In terms of IonQ Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 70 in the next 12 months, up nearly 43.03% from the previous closing price of $48.94. Analysts anticipate IonQ Inc stock to reach 100 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 55. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked IonQ Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 15, 2025, Needham assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $80.
