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IONQ vs. GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA, RGTI, IBM, VEEV, ZS, TTD, and EA

Should you be buying IonQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IonQ include Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), International Business Machines (IBM), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Zscaler (ZS), Trade Desk (TTD), and Electronic Arts (EA).

IonQ vs. Its Competitors

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to IonQ's net margin of -753.20%. Alphabet's return on equity of 35.22% beat IonQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alphabet31.12% 35.22% 25.57%
IonQ -753.20%-63.35%-54.65%

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alphabet$371.40B6.34$100.12B$9.3920.67
IonQ$43.07M261.60-$331.65M-$1.49-28.90

27.3% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of IonQ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Alphabet had 263 more articles in the media than IonQ. MarketBeat recorded 289 mentions for Alphabet and 26 mentions for IonQ. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat IonQ's score of 0.63 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alphabet
185 Very Positive mention(s)
23 Positive mention(s)
48 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IonQ
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alphabet presently has a consensus price target of $215.19, suggesting a potential upside of 10.88%. IonQ has a consensus price target of $41.43, suggesting a potential downside of 3.80%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than IonQ.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alphabet
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
IonQ
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alphabet beats IonQ on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IONQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IONQ vs. The Competition

MetricIonQCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.27B$47.71B$28.80B$21.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%3.01%3.58%
P/E Ratio-28.9037.6434.1727.87
Price / Sales261.6021.811,720.6259.63
Price / CashN/A58.8138.7023.02
Price / Book24.335.867.794.69
Net Income-$331.65M$802.13M$782.91M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-7.35%-0.91%0.96%1.64%
1 Month Performance13.00%3.56%7.50%5.92%
1 Year Performance443.75%42.96%53,041.27%11.50%

IonQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IONQ
IonQ
0.5916 of 5 stars
$43.07
-1.9%
$41.43
-3.8%
+476.0%$11.27B$43.07M-28.90100Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8638 of 5 stars
$190.76
+2.6%
$208.40
+9.2%
+10.8%$2.31T$350.02B21.27190,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6888 of 5 stars
$189.76
+2.5%
$202.22
+6.6%
+11.3%$2.30T$350.02B21.16183,323Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.4803 of 5 stars
$510.25
+0.0%
$543.79
+6.6%
+19.1%$3.79T$245.12B39.44228,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5385 of 5 stars
$172.36
0.0%
$181.22
+5.1%
+52.1%$4.21T$130.50B55.6136,000Trending News
Insider Trade
RGTI
Rigetti Computing
1.4686 of 5 stars
$16.33
-4.9%
$14.83
-9.1%
+1,463.7%$4.76B$10.79M-23.44160Analyst Forecast
IBM
International Business Machines
4.103 of 5 stars
$286.00
+0.0%
$266.19
-6.9%
+41.0%$265.98B$62.75B49.26293,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VEEV
Veeva Systems
3.8815 of 5 stars
$283.17
+0.3%
$274.17
-3.2%
+58.1%$46.28B$2.86B60.007,291Positive News
ZS
Zscaler
4.1476 of 5 stars
$287.68
-0.4%
$296.82
+3.2%
+56.4%$44.79B$2.17B-1,106.497,348Positive News
TTD
Trade Desk
4.2047 of 5 stars
$80.75
+0.7%
$98.48
+22.0%
-4.8%$39.81B$2.44B98.803,522Analyst Forecast
EA
Electronic Arts
4.0148 of 5 stars
$152.79
+1.8%
$162.71
+6.5%
+8.1%$38.38B$7.46B36.0214,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:IONQ) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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