IonQ (IONQ) Competitors

Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, TTD or IONQ?

Trade Desk has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TTD or IONQ?

Trade Desk currently has a consensus price target of $97.15, indicating a potential upside of 34.24%. IonQ has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than IonQ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	26 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is TTD or IONQ more profitable?

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.08% compared to IonQ's net margin of -457.85%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 16.38% beat IonQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%
IonQ	-457.85%	-36.82%	-32.48%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTD or IONQ?

Trade Desk received 838 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.66% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 867 76.66%	Underperform Votes 264 23.34%
IonQ	Outperform Votes 29 58.00%	Underperform Votes 21 42.00%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TTD or IONQ?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trade Desk	$2.57B	13.84	$393.08M	$0.82	88.26
IonQ	$43.06M	205.94	-$157.77M	-$1.49	-26.71

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TTD or IONQ?

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of IonQ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TTD or IONQ?

In the previous week, IonQ had 14 more articles in the media than Trade Desk. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for IonQ and 31 mentions for Trade Desk. Trade Desk's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat IonQ's score of 0.39 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trade Desk	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IonQ	13 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Trade Desk beats IonQ on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.