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 $1,419,891 were sold by Singh Inder M on Aug 01 ’25. At $38.28 per share, Singh Inder M sold 37,090 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,513 shares worth approximately $0.23 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Kramer Thomas G. sold 47,478 shares, netting a total of over 2,264,720 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $47.70 each, the insider now holds 555,656 shares.
Before that, Chou Kathryn K. had sold 6,789 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $292,864, the Director traded IonQ Inc shares for $43.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,789 shares, worth approximately $2.51 million.
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 -1.88% to $41.23. The stock’s lowest price that day was $40.78, but it reached a high of $43.55 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.39%. Over the course of the year, IonQ Inc shares have jumped approximately 482.34%.
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 -11.95% from the previous closing price of $42.02. 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.
