Rise in QUBT’s short interest indicates Bearish sentiment

Samantha Gray

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Quantum Computing Inc shares valued at $33,891 were sold by Begliarbekov Milan on Jan 07 ’26. At $11.85 per share, Begliarbekov Milan sold 2,860 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 24,240 shares worth approximately $0.28 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, FAGENSON ROBERT B sold 35,000 shares, netting a total of over 543,053 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $15.52 each, the insider now holds 50,000 shares.

Before that, FAGENSON ROBERT B had sold 30,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $468,882, the Director traded Quantum Computing Inc shares for $15.63 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 30,000 shares, worth approximately $0.23 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Rosenblatt on January 15, 2026, Quantum Computing Inc [QUBT] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $22. Analysts at Wedbush started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of September 18, 2025, Lake Street has initiated its “Buy” rating for QUBT. Earlier on July 02, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for QUBT stock.

Analyzing QUBT Stock Performance

On last trading session, Quantum Computing Inc [NASDAQ: QUBT] plunged -2.43% to $11.64. The stock’s lowest price that day was $10.8249, but it reached a high of $12.62 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.43%. Over the course of the year, Quantum Computing Inc shares have jumped approximately 18.41%.

Is Quantum Computing Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Quantum Computing Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 3.61 million shares to 48.63 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 45.02 million shares. A jump of 7.42% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.8.

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In terms of Quantum Computing Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16 in the next 12 months, up nearly 34.12% from the previous closing price of $11.93. Analysts anticipate Quantum Computing Inc stock to reach 40 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 12. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Quantum Computing Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.

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