IonQ shares slip 15%, but quantum premium holds ahead of short U.S. trading week
IonQ Inc closed Friday at $49.31, falling 2.47%, with 67.76 million shares traded. Volume reached 215% of the 65-day average and topped the 50.49 million shares sold short as of June 15. The stock dropped 15.45% in five sessions but remained up 85.45% over three months. This is notable because the drop did not make IonQ look cheap based on current sales. Shares last traded at a market cap of about $18.3 billion, roughly 69 times the $265 million midpoint of its 2026 revenue forecast, and about 39 times its $470 million in remaining performance obligations.