Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Reports 20.31% Climb From For 52 Week High, It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn

Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) does about 13.46M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 133241795 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 910.28M USD. Its current market price is $7.70, marking an increase of 26.23% compared to the previous close of $6.10. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $6.40 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $0.35.

Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) has a 20-day trading average at $2.55 and the current price is 20.31% off the 52-week high compared with 2069.63% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $1.49 and its 200-day simple moving average is $0.94. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 32.16%, which decreases to 30.19% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 82.17 to suggest the stock is overbought.

The consensus objective for the share price is $8.50, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 9.41% over the period.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 1 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 1 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.

The current price level is 202.49%, 416.11%, and 721.20% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the QUBT price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) stock is up 222.18% over the week and 606.42% over the past month. Its price is 743.28% year-to-date and 775.00% over the past year.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 9/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -0.09 above consensus estimates by 0.01. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -0.05 and -0.25 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $300k, which analysts say will come at $500k for the current fiscal year and next year at $1.5M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $200k.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 9.41 percent from here.

Outstanding shares total 118.22M with insiders holding 22.25% of the shares and institutional holders owning 3.39% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -32.24% and return on equity of -31.13%. The beta has a value of 2.59. Price to book ratio is 12.03 and price to sales ratio is 2334.05.