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IonQ (IONQ) closed at $29.99 on November 3, 2026, up 6.46%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.83%.
No report reviewed for the article tied the gain to company-specific news, and 24/7 Wall St. called the session a modest bounce after a steep decline.
IonQ reports third-quarter results on November 5 after the market close, the first report to include SkyWater, according to TIKR.
Gotrade News - In the latest IonQ stock news, shares of IonQ (IONQ) closed at $29.99 on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, up $1.82, or 6.46%. None of the reports reviewed for this article tied the gain to company-specific news, and it came two days before IonQ reports third-quarter results on November 5.
IONQ Trading Data
Data
Value
Closing price
$29.99
Change
+$1.82 (+6.46%)
Previous close
$28.17
Open
$28.92
Day range
$28.81 to $30.19
Volume
17.6 million shares
30-day average volume
24.9 million shares
52-week range
$25.89 to $73.65
Regular-session close on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 4:00 p.m. New York time. Stock prices: Yahoo Finance, cross-checked against the closing price on Nasdaq.com. Volume and 30-day average volume: Nasdaq.com. 52-week range: Yahoo Finance daily highs and lows since November 4, 2025. Indices and the 10-year Treasury yield: Yahoo Finance daily closes for the same date.
IonQ opened at $28.92, dipped to $28.81 and reached $30.19 before finishing $1.18 above the day's low, close to the top of its range. Volume came to 17.6 million shares, 29.06% below the 24.9 million-share average, so the gain arrived on lighter trading than usual.
The move ran well ahead of the broader market. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.83% to 25,372.01 and the S&P 500 added 0.36% to 7,568.92, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.38% to 51,786.72, leaving IonQ 5.63 percentage points ahead of the Nasdaq. Among large technology names, Nvidia (NVDA) gained 2.29% and Microsoft (MSFT) rose 2.74%.
Even after the rebound, the stock closed 59.28% below its 52-week high of $73.65 and 15.84% above its 52-week low of $25.89.
No source reviewed for this article named a company-specific catalyst for Tuesday's gain. The next dated event is earnings: according to IonQ's October 22 announcement, the company will release results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, on Thursday, November 5, after the financial markets close, with a conference call at 4:30 PM Eastern Time.
Per Zacks, the consensus estimate calls for third-quarter revenue of $145.3 million, up 264.4% from a year earlier, and a loss of 30 cents per share. The earnings report will be the first to include SkyWater Technology, the chip foundry IonQ acquired on July 31, as reported by TIKR.
The rise also followed a sharp pullback. 24/7 Wall St. described the session as "a modest bounce after a steep decline," noting that IonQ had fallen about 32% over the past month as quantum computing peers Rigetti and D-Wave also dropped. Zacks said IonQ shares fell 31.7% in the 30 days before its November 3 note, during a broad selloff in quantum computing stocks.
IONQ Stock Analysis: Supporting Factors and Risks
Supporting Factors
Second-quarter 2026 revenue rose 287% from a year earlier to a record $80.1 million, with organic growth of 132%, according to 24/7 Wall St.
IonQ raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to $450 million to $460 million, a range that includes SkyWater, TIKR reported.
The company held $3.0 billion in cash and investments at June 30, before paying for SkyWater, per TIKR.
IonQ announced a quantum computing partnership with Nvidia in September, according to 24/7 Wall St.
Risks
Dilution: TIKR reported that IonQ's share count nearly doubled, from 221.92 million at the end of 2024 to 429.41 million after its October stock sale, and that the pending all-stock Elisity deal, worth up to $1.3 billion, would add 23.2 million to 34.8 million shares.
Losses: second-quarter adjusted EBITDA was negative $120.3 million, and the GAAP net loss was about $1.9 billion, mostly from a $1.6 billion non-cash warrant revaluation, according to 24/7 Wall St.
Growth mix: TIKR noted that much of IonQ's revenue growth now comes from the SkyWater foundry rather than from quantum computing alone.
Rates: Zacks said quantum stocks are "particularly sensitive to higher interest rates and declining risk appetite," and the US 10-year Treasury yield rose 5.8 basis points to 4.95% in the same session.
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