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Quantum Computing Inc.

$5.82−5.7%Close 11/12
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What it sells
Service is 54% of revenue (fiscal year to Dec 2025), down from 99% two years earlier.
Growing?
Yes: revenue up 2,374% on a year earlier (quarter ended Sep 2026).
Expensive?
Price-to-sales (P/S) 69.7×. Below the peer median of 119x. The market pays less per $1 of revenue than for peers.
Analysts?
67% of 6 say buy; average 12-month target $18.67, 221% above today's price.
Risky?
Much swingier than most large companies: its price swung 90% over the past year (the S&P 500's 14%), and it fell as much as 94% since Nov 2021.
Market cap$1.3B
Revenue (TTM)$19M
Net income (TTM)−$33M
P/E (trailing)—
52-week closing range$6 – $14
Dividend yieldNo dividend

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) is an integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company that sells room‑temperature, low‑power quantum machines (including the Dirac-3 quantum optimization machine) and provides thin‑film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip foundry services.

More about Quantum Computing

Revenue is generated primarily from foundry services, product/system sales, and contracts/engagements tied to its technology development and deployments.

Market Position

QCi positions itself as a vertically integrated player spanning TFLN chip fabrication (Fab 1) through packaged photonic/quantum systems, differentiating on room‑temperature operation, SWaP-C (size/weight/power/cost) and the ability to deliver both hardware and foundry services. It competes indirectly with larger quantum platforms and photonics suppliers while targeting applications across AI/HPC connectivity, optimization, cybersecurity/communications, and remote sensing.

Key Segments

Key activities center on (1) Quantum/photonic computing systems (e.g., Dirac-3, Neurawave reservoir computer) and (2) TFLN foundry services for manufacturing photonic chips, with recent M&A expanding into photonics components (via Luminar Semiconductor) and quantum communications (via NuCrypt).

How has the stock done?

Over the past year QUBT fell 47.8%; the technology ETF (XLK) rose 18.2% and the S&P 500 rose 10.8%.

QUBT −47.8%Technology ETF (XLK) +18.2%Earnings released
How much it movesRisk
Biggest fall
−94%

From Nov 9, 2021 to Jul 1, 2024, the deepest drop from a high since Nov 2021

Volatility, past year
90%

How much the price swings in a year; the S&P 500's was 14%

Beta, past year
3.51

When the S&P 500 moves 1%, the stock has moved about 3.5% the same way

Show the earnings releases
ReleasedQuarterRevenueEPS vs estimateStock, day after5 days after
Nov 9, 2026ended Sep 2026$9.5M (+2374% vs a year earlier)−$0.06 vs −$0.06 (in line)−0.5%—
Aug 10, 2026ended Jun 2026$5.6M (+9000% vs a year earlier)−$0.04 vs −$0.05 (beat)−2.5%−1.4%
May 11, 2026ended Mar 2026$3.7M (+9364% vs a year earlier)−$0.03 vs −$0.05 (beat)+22.7%+1.2%
Mar 2, 2026ended Dec 2025$198K (+219% vs a year earlier)−$0.04 vs −$0.04 (in line)−8.1%−9.3%
Nov 14, 2025ended Sep 2025$384K (+280% vs a year earlier)—+14.7%+1.7%
Jun 11, 2024ended Mar 2024$27K (−78% vs a year earlier)—+2.4%−3.2%
Mar 30, 2023ended Dec 2022$1,278—+11.0%+20.3%

Change in closing price from the first day shown, or with Price the closing price itself. Prices: Yahoo Finance, to Nov 12, 2026. Dashed lines: the days the company released earnings (its SEC 8-K filings); EPS estimates: Yahoo Finance. The stock's move after a release runs from the last close before its day to the close the day after (or five days after), so a release before the open counts like one after the close.

Is the business growing?

Revenue was $9.5M in the quarter ended Sep 2026, up 2,374% from a year earlier.

Revenue by quarter
Change from the same quarter a year earlier
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Quarter endedRevenuevs a year earlier
Dec 2022$1,278—
Mar 2023$121K+287%
Jun 2023$112K+71%
Sep 2023$50K+33%
Dec 2023$75K+5769%
Mar 2024$27K−78%
Jun 2024$183K+63%
Sep 2024$101K+102%
Dec 2024$62K−17%
Mar 2025$39K+44%
Jun 2025$61K−67%
Sep 2025$384K+280%
Dec 2025$198K+219%
Mar 2026$3.7M+9364%
Jun 2026$5.6M+9000%
Sep 2026$9.5M+2374%
Revenue by productFiscal years, from Quantum Computing's 10-K

In the fiscal year to Dec 2025, Service was 54% and Product was 46% of revenue; Service fell from 99% in the fiscal year to Dec 2023.

ServiceProduct
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Fiscal yearPartRevenueShare
FY2023Service$353K99%
FY2023Product$5,0001%
FY2024Service$346K93%
FY2024Product$27K7%
FY2025Service$368K54%
FY2025Product$314K46%
Revenue by regionFiscal years, from Quantum Computing's 10-K

In the fiscal year to Dec 2025, United States was 87% and Europe was 10% of revenue; United States fell from 96% in the fiscal year to Dec 2023.

United StatesEuropeAsia
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Fiscal yearPartRevenueShare
FY2023United States$342K96%
FY2023Europe$16K4%
FY2025United States$592K87%
FY2025Europe$65K10%
FY2025Asia$25K4%
Earnings per shareDiluted, GAAP
EPS, quarter ended Sep 2026
−$0.07

A year earlier $0.01

EPS, last four quarters
−$0.13

Diluted, from SEC filings

Quarters: Quantum Computing Inc.'s SEC filings, named by the month they end. Fiscal years: Quantum Computing Inc.'s annual reports to the SEC.

How it makes money

The company loses $2738.1 for every $100 of revenue. Operating expenses exceed all of gross profit.

Where each $1 of revenue goesFiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Revenue
Total sales
$682K100%
Gross profit
Revenue minus direct costs
$67K9.8% of revenue
Cost of revenue
Direct cost of making or buying goods
$615K90.2% of revenue
Operating loss
Expenses above gross profit
−$51M−7489.3% of revenue
Net loss
The bottom-line loss
−$19M−2738.1% of revenue
Margins by quarter
Gross 4.5%Operating −300.9%Net −159.4%
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Quarter endedGrossOperatingNet
Dec 2022−1,405.6%−1,426,295.3%−1,469,965.1%
Mar 202353.7%−5,037.2%−5,071.9%
Jun 202354.5%−6,212.5%−6,622.3%
Sep 202352.0%−13,222.0%−13,682.0%
Dec 202313.3%−8,772.0%−8,836.0%
Mar 202440.7%−23,403.7%−23,837.0%
Jun 202431.7%−2,878.1%−2,838.3%
Sep 20248.9%−5,384.2%−5,618.8%
Dec 202454.8%−14,377.4%−82,640.3%
Mar 202533.3%−21,246.2%43,543.6%
Jun 202542.6%−16,673.8%−59,806.6%
Sep 202532.8%−2,709.4%620.3%
Dec 2025−49.5%−11,220.2%−785.9%
Mar 2026−19.5%−556.8%−109.7%
Jun 2026−21.0%−414.6%−211.7%
Sep 20264.5%−300.9%−159.4%

Beyond ±100% the scale is logarithmic, so that Dec 2022's −1,469,965% and the quarters near zero both read. Circled: Dec 2022 (net −1,469,965.1%, operating −1,426,295.3%), Dec 2024 (net −82,640.3%, operating −14,377.4%), Mar 2025 (net 43,543.6%, operating −21,246.2%), Jun 2025 (net −59,806.6%, operating −16,673.8%), Sep 2025 (net 620.3%, operating −2,709.4%), Dec 2025 (net −785.9%, operating −11,220.2%). Net margin is usually about 49 points below operating margin; in those quarters something below operating income (a tax charge or benefit, a gain or loss on investments, a write-down) moved it, not the business itself.

Gross margin, fiscal year
9.8%

−45.3 pts over 3 years

Operating margin, fiscal year
−7489.3%

Loss exceeds revenue

Net margin, fiscal year
−2738.1%

Loss exceeds revenue

Each margin is that line of the income statement divided by revenue. Fiscal year: Quantum Computing Inc.'s annual reports to the SEC; quarters: SEC filings.

How long can the cash last?

Quantum Computing had $902M in cash and short-term investments at the end of Sep 2026. It burned $61M over the last four quarters (operating cash flow minus capital spending), so at that pace the cash lasts about 59 quarters. It raised $723M selling new shares over the same four quarters. Its diluted share count is up 142% from two years earlier.

Runway at the last four quarters' pace
59 quartersAbout 14.8 years

Cash and short-term investments over the average quarterly burn

Cash burned, last four quarters
$61M

Operating cash flow minus capital spending

Raised selling shares, last four quarters
$723M

Cash from new common stock

Cash and short-term investmentsAt each quarter end
Cash burnedFree cash flow by quarter
Diluted sharesUp 142% in two years
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Quarter endedCash and short-term investmentsFree cash flowRaised selling shares
Sep 2023$7.4M−$6.0M$8.5M
Mar 2024$6.1M−$5.4M$12M
Jun 2024$2.5M−$5.1M$2.4M
Sep 2024$3.1M−$5.1M$0
Dec 2024$79M−$6.6M$92M
Mar 2025$166M−$6.2M$94M
Jun 2025$349M−$7.1M$188M
Sep 2025$556M−$12M$475M
Dec 2025$1.1B−$12M$719M
Mar 2026$986M−$11M$3.5M
Jun 2026$954M−$17M$793K
Sep 2026$902M−$21M$355K

From Quantum Computing Inc.'s SEC filings: cash and cash equivalents plus short-term investments (none where none is filed) at each quarter end; free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital spending; shares are each quarter's diluted weighted average as filed, since the stock's listing and its latest split (a 10-K gives no fourth-quarter figure). Shown while the last four quarters' operating cash flow and net income are both negative.

Customers and suppliers

In its latest annual report Quantum Computing buys from Amazon, Pearl Meyer & Partners.

Along the supply chainTwo steps either way, as each company’s latest annual report names the others

Suppliers

Amazon AMZN
Pearl Meyer & Partners
QUBTQuantum Computing

Partners

millionwaysReceives bridge financing pending acquisition due diligence$500 thousand principal loaned on June 6, 2023
Northrop Grumman NOCJointly developed and owns a patent

Changes since the previous annual report (10-K filed Mar 20, 2025)

Pearl Meyer & PartnersNamed for the first time, as a supplier
Northrop Grumman NOCNamed for the first time, as a partner
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CompanyRoleIn the filing's words
Northrop Grummanpartner · co-develops with it“Patent owned and developed jointly by Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Freedom Photonics, LLC, a subsidiary of Luminar.”
Amazonsupplier“Our products and services may from time to time incorporate high-performance classical computing through public clouds to provide services to end users and our partners. These public cloud services are predominantly on Amazon Web Services at the present time.”
Pearl Meyer & Partnerssupplier“Under the terms of the 2026 Executive Compensation Framework, each of the eligible executive officers are expected to have their salary targeted at the 25th percentile average of comparable companies, as determined by our compensation consultant, Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC.”
millionwayspartner“Also on June 6, 2023, pursuant to the terms of the MW Agreement, the Company purchased the MW Notes from millionways and loaned an aggregate principal amount of $500 thousand to millionways.”

Only the companies Quantum Computing names in its 10-K filed Mar 2, 2026 (SEC). The supply chain joins the latest annual reports of the companies on it and the 8-Ks they filed since: a link shows when either side's report names the other, so it grows as more reports are read. Hover a name for the filing's own words.

Is it expensive?

Currently unprofitable, so P/E does not apply, so we look at price-to-sales instead: 69.7x, below the peer median of 119x. Revenue is up 2374% from a year ago.

69.7×Price-to-sales (P/S)

Below the peer median of 119x. The market pays less per $1 of revenue than for peers.

Vs. peersPrice-to-sales (x)
QUBTPeersPeer median 119x
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CompanyPrice-to-sales (P/S)
QBTS · D-Wave Quantum Inc.301×
RGTI · Rigetti Computing, Inc.276×
XNDU · Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited119×
QUBT · Quantum Computing Inc.69.7×
INFQ · Infleqtion, Inc.46.4×
IONQ · IonQ, Inc.37.7×

Its peers here are the other quantum computing companies on this site, a group kept by hand: Yahoo Finance's Computer Hardware list is another business.

Quantum Computing Inc. is currently unprofitable, so P/E does not apply. We use price-to-sales instead: market cap as a multiple of revenue.

What analysts expect

The average analyst price target is $18.67, 221% above the current price; 67% of 6 analysts rate it a buy; earnings beat estimates in 2 of the last 4 quarters.

12-month price targetsCurrent price $5.82
12 mo agoTodayIn 12 mo
High target
$32.00+450%
Average target
$18.67+221%
Low target
$10.00+72%
Ratings6 analysts
Strong Buy 0Buy 4Hold 2Sell 0Strong Sell 0

Buy or Strong Buy: 4 analysts (67%). Sell or Strong Sell: 0.

Targets and ratings over the past year14 changes by 6 firms

Over the past year the average of the analysts' latest price targets went from $26.33 to $21.33 (−19%), while QUBT went from $10.03 to $5.82 (−42%). In the past three months targets were raised once and never cut. No firm upgraded or downgraded it over the year.

Average target $21.33QUBTMiddle half of targets
Targets raised, by monthTargets cut
Show every change
DateFirmChangeRatingTarget
Oct 19, 2026RosenblattTarget keptBuy$22.00
Aug 26, 2026Ascendiant CapitalTarget raisedBuy$32.00, was $30.00
Aug 11, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldTarget keptNeutral$10.00
Jun 29, 2026RosenblattTarget keptBuy$22.00
Jun 24, 2026RosenblattTarget keptBuy$22.00
Jun 15, 2026Ascendiant CapitalTarget raisedBuy$30.00, was $27.00
Apr 20, 2026Northland Capital MarketsBegan coverageOutperform$20.00
Mar 3, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldTarget cutNeutral$10.00, was $15.00
Mar 3, 2026RosenblattTarget keptBuy$22.00
Jan 15, 2026RosenblattBegan coverageBuy$22.00
Dec 22, 2025Ascendiant CapitalTarget cutBuy$25.00, was $40.00
Dec 18, 2025Cantor FitzgeraldTarget keptNeutral$15.00
Dec 17, 2025WedbushBegan coverageNeutral$12.00
Nov 17, 2025Lake StreetTarget cutBuy$16.00, was $24.00
Earnings against estimatesLast 4 quarters, per share
Average estimateReported, beatReported, in line
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QuarterEstimateReportedSurprise
Dec ’25−$0.04−$0.040.0%
Mar ’26−$0.05−$0.03+40.0%
Jun ’26−$0.05−$0.04+20.0%
Sep ’26−$0.06−$0.060.0%

The day after each of these reports the stock moved −8.1% (Dec 2025, in line); +22.7% (Mar 2026, beat); −2.5% (Jun 2026, beat); −0.5% (Sep 2026, in line).

Expected nextConsensus of Nov 10, 2026

For the quarter ending Dec 2026, analysts expect an adjusted loss of $0.12 a share, against a loss of $0.04 a year earlier, and revenue of $9.0M, up 4,426% on a year earlier. For the fiscal year ending Dec 2027, they expect revenue of $50M, up 75% on the year before's estimate.

EPS, quarter ending Dec 2026
−$0.12

Adjusted. Dec 2025: a loss of $0.04; range −$0.12 to −$0.12; 1 analysts

Revenue, quarter ending Dec 2026
$9.0M+4426% on a year earlier

Dec 2025: $198K; range $9.0M to $9.0M; 1 analysts

Revenue, year ending Dec 2027
$50M+75% on the year before's estimate

The year to Dec 2026: $29M expected; range $39M to $61M; 6 analysts

Show the data
PeriodFigureExpectedLow to highAnalystsA year earlierChange
Quarter ending Dec 2026EPS (adjusted)−$0.12−$0.12 to −$0.121−$0.04 (Dec 2025)—
Quarter ending Dec 2026Revenue$9.0M$9.0M to $9.0M1$198K (Dec 2025)+4426%
Quarter ending Mar 2027EPS (adjusted)−$0.10−$0.13 to −$0.072−$0.03 (Mar 2026)—
Quarter ending Mar 2027Revenue$11M$8.5M to $13M5$3.7M (Mar 2026)+195%
Year ending Dec 2026Revenue$29M$26M to $34M6$682K (year to Dec 2025)+4100%
Year ending Dec 2027Revenue$50M$39M to $61M6$29M (expected, year to Dec 2026)+75%

Targets, ratings and earnings estimates: Yahoo Finance. Rating and target changes: Yahoo Finance's list of upgrades and downgrades. The average target on each day is the average of every listed firm's latest target set in the 180 days before it, so it counts fewer analysts than the average target above, and the band is the middle half of those targets (a quarter of the firms are above it, a quarter below); a target set before a stock split is divided by the split. Expected figures: the average of the analysts' estimates (Yahoo Finance). Their EPS is adjusted, as analysts estimate it, so it is set against the adjusted EPS Yahoo reports for the same quarters, not the GAAP EPS of the growth and valuation sections; revenue against the SEC filings. No change is given against a quarter whose reported EPS was more than 50% off its own estimate (often a one-off gain or charge), nor against a year that counts one. Each estimate is pinned to its fiscal period by the report date or the period's end, and one that cannot be is left out.

Where the cash goes

Capex of $15M exceeds operating cash flow of −$46M, leaving free cash flow of −$61M. The gap has to be covered with cash on hand or borrowing.

Where a year of cash went4 quarters to Sep 2026
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LineAmount
Op. cash flow−$46M
Capex−$15M
Free cash flow−$61M
Dividends—
Buybacks—
Cash retained−$61M
Free cash flow yield
−4.6%

Free cash flow is negative, so the company is burning cash.

Dividend yield
No dividend

No dividend today; cash goes to growth and share buybacks.

By quarter: free cash flow and what went back to shareholdersLast 12 quarters
Free cash flowDividendsBuybacks
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Quarter endedFree cash flowDividendsBuybacks
Sep 2023−$6.0M$215K—
Mar 2024−$5.4M$215K—
Jun 2024−$5.1M$0—
Sep 2024−$5.1M$0—
Dec 2024−$6.6M$0—
Mar 2025−$6.2M——
Jun 2025−$7.1M——
Sep 2025−$12M——
Dec 2025−$12M——
Mar 2026−$11M——
Jun 2026−$17M——
Sep 2026−$21M——

Free cash flow: operating cash flow minus capital spending on property, plant and equipment, from SEC filings, for the last 4 quarters and by quarter.

Financial health

Current ratio 102.4, no pressure to repay short-term debt; debt-to-equity 0.0, debt is very low and the balance sheet is solid.

Current ratio
102.4Strong liquidity

Assets that can be turned into cash soon are 102.4x what is owed within a year. 1.5 or higher is comfortable; below 1 needs watching.

Debt-to-equity
0.0Very low debt

For every $1 of shareholder funds, there is $0.0 of debt (leases not counted). The higher the number, the more pressure when the economy weakens.

Net cash
$1.1BMore cash than debt

Cash and short-term investments of $1.1B and no debt. Lease obligations of $2M are not counted: they are rent owed, not money borrowed. It also holds $403M of long-term investments, which can be stakes in other companies rather than cash.

AssetsTotal ~$1.6B
Cash
$740M45.6%
Investments
$780M48.3%
Receivables
$0<0.1%
Inventory
$0<0.1%
Property & equipment
$20M0.9%
Goodwill
$60M3.4%
Intangibles
$10M0.4%
Other
$10M1.4%
Liabilities & equityTotal ~$1.6B
Current
$10M0.7%
Long-term
$10M0.6%
Equity
$1.6B98.7%

Latest fiscal year balance sheet. Source: Yahoo Finance.

What did the funds Hunch tracks do?

Of the 83 funds whose 13F filings Hunch reads, 3 held QUBT at the end of their latest quarter, Q3 2026. Over that quarter 1 added shares, 1 bought new and 1 held the same. The largest of them is Swiss National Bank, 399,000 shares worth $3.4M at Sep 30, 2026, 0.9% more than a quarter earlier.

Funds that added shares
2

1 of them new holders

Funds that cut
0

Over their latest quarter

Each fund's change in sharesChange in shares over the latest quarter
Added or newCut or sold all
Show every fund
FundQuarterSharesValueChange in sharesChangeFiled
Swiss National BankQ3 2026399,000$3.4M+3,600+0.9%Nov 12, 2026
UNICOM SystemsQ3 2026362,279$3.1M00.0%Oct 13, 2026
Fisher Asset ManagementQ3 202610,983$93K+10,983NewNov 6, 2026

From the 13F filings of the 83 funds Hunch tracks, not of every institution: each fund's shares of QUBT at its latest quarter end against the quarter before, as filed (long positions only, options left out), the quarter before put on the latest quarter's share count across a split. A fund files 45 days after its quarter ends, so some have a newer quarter than others. Value is at the quarter end.

Are insiders buying or selling?

No officer or director bought or sold QUBT on the open market in the 12 months to Nov 12, 2026.

Sold
None

0 sales

Bought
None

0 purchases

From the Form 4s filed with the SEC about Quantum Computing Inc. (12 in the 12 months): purchases (code P) and sales (code S) on the open market by its officers and directors, at the price each filing gives (often an average of the day's trades). A sale is a 10b5-1 sale when its filing says it was made under such a plan, set up in advance. Not counted: 10 other transactions (grants, option exercises and shares sold to pay tax).