IonQ Stock (IONQ) News Today — Dec. 15, 2025: Shares Slide, Analyst Targets Stay Lofty, and Quantum Hype Meets a Volatility Test
December 15, 2025 — IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) stock dropped sharply in Monday trading, with shares recently changing hands around $45.99 after opening near $50.87. The intraday range stretched from $50.97 down to $45.23, underscoring how quickly sentiment can swing in the pure‑play quantum computing group. The backdrop is a familiar one for late‑stage momentum trades: excitement around quantum computing’s long-term promise colliding with near-term realities—thin commercial revenue today, big execution requirements tomorrow, and valuation assumptions that can change in a single session. A widely circulated analysis published early Monday argued that quantum computing will likely take years to mature