{
  "id": 10692562,
  "title": "Is IonQ Still a Buy Right Now?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/is-ionq-still-a-buy-right-now",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-29T11:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/29/is-ionq-still-a-buy-right-now/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has seen significant growth over the past two years, with its stock surging by over 100% multiple times. As interest in quantum computing and AI increases, the company may be more visible to investors. However, despite the positive narrative, I believe IonQ is not a suitable \"buy and forget\" investment at this time. The company has been trying to establish itself as a unique, full-stack quantum platform, encompassing computing, networking, sensing, and security. To achieve this, IonQ has acquired Oxford Ionics and Vector Atomic, integrating cutting-edge quantum hardware and sensing capabilities. The company now positions itself as a \"quantum platform and foundry\" with aspirations to reach 2 million qubits by 2030. IonQ has also highlighted its world-record 99.99% 2-qubit gate fidelity and an algorithmic qubit score of 64 as evidence of its potential to scale to fault-tolerant quantum computing. While these achievements may make IonQ an attractive proposition for some investors, the significant gap between the company's ambitious goals and its current risk profile suggests caution is warranted.",
  "summary": "IonQ has huge ambitions in quantum computing, but its losses, acquisitions, and lofty valuation make the stock a pretty speculative bet right now.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}