D‑Wave Quantum (QBTS) Q3 2025: Revenue Doubles to $3.7M, Record $836M Cash, Bookings Accelerate

6 November 2025

D‑Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) reported third‑quarter fiscal 2025 results before the open today, delivering 100% year‑over‑year revenue growth to $3.7 million and a sharp sequential uptick in customer bookings to $2.4 million. Shares were recently around $31 intraday, modestly higher following the print. The company also ended the quarter with a record $836.2 million cash balance, while GAAP net loss widened to $140.0 million—driven primarily by non‑cash warrant remeasurement charges. ^[1]

Key numbers at a glance (Q3 FY25)

Revenue:$3.7M (+100% YoY; +20.8% QoQ).
Bookings:$2.4M (up 80% sequentially vs. Q2; $12M+ additional bookings closed after quarter‑end).
Customers: >100 revenue‑generating customers over the last four quarters, including ~two dozen Forbes Global 2000 firms.
Gross margin (GAAP / non‑GAAP):71.4% / 77.7%, both higher year over year.
Adjusted net loss:$18.1M (improved vs. $23.2M a year ago).
Adjusted EBITDA loss:$20.6M (widened from $13.8M YoY, reflecting higher operating expenses).
Figures per today’s press release. ^[2]

Why GAAP loss widened while cash hit a record

D‑Wave’s $140.0M GAAP net loss reflects $121.9M in non‑cash, non‑operating charges tied to the remeasurement of warrant liabilities and losses realized upon warrant exercises—items that ballooned as the company’s warrants appreciated. Management noted the company raised $39.9M in cash during Q3 from warrant exercises and another $21.3M through Nov. 4, helping lift quarter‑end cash to that $836.2M record. ^[3]

For context, D‑Wave announced on Oct. 20 it would redeem all outstanding public warrants; the company expects Nov. 17, 2025 to be the last trading day for those warrants, a move aimed at simplifying the capital structure. ^[4]

What drove the upside: margin mix, bookings momentum, and new wins

Margin mix: GAAP gross margin rose to 71.4%, helped by upgrading the Jülich Supercomputing Centre system to the Advantage2™ processor, which carries stronger economics. ^[5]
Bookings acceleration: Q3 bookings climbed to $2.4M (up 80% QoQ), and since quarter‑end D‑Wave has closed over $12M more, including a €10M fourth‑quarter booking for 50% capacity of an Advantage2 system tied to a Lombardy, Italy quantum initiative (Q‑Alliance). ^[6]
Customer traction: Recent signings and renewals span a major U.S. international airline, SkyWater (semiconductor foundry), Japan Tobacco’s pharma division, Yapı Kredi (Turkey), and Korea Quantum Computing, plus multiple universities. ^[7]

Technology & government progress to watch

Advantage2 for U.S. government: As of Nov. 3, D‑Wave says the Advantage2 system at Davidson Technologies in Huntsville is fully calibrated and operational, enabling work on U.S. government mission needs (national defense) and accessible for customer use. ^[8]
Industrial proofs: Yesterday, BASF and D‑Wave reported a proof‑of‑concept where a hybrid‑quantum workflow cut projected scheduling time from 10 hours (industrial‑grade classical solver) to about five seconds, setting a benchmark in a liquid‑filling facility. ^[9]
Public‑sector pilots: A separate proof‑of‑technology with North Wales Police showed promising results optimizing emergency vehicle placement; external write‑ups noted large reductions in time‑to‑solution and response times during the pilot. ^[10]
R&D pipeline: D‑Wave also fabricated fluxonium qubit chips and superconducting control chips, aiming at a scalable gate‑model system with cryogenic control—a long‑term complement to its annealing roadmap. ^[11]

How the market is reacting

Early coverage highlighted the revenue beat, sequential bookings jump, and cash runway, while flagging the warrant‑related distortion in GAAP loss. Morning notes characterized the stock as modestly higher after the report. ^[12]

The bigger picture for QBTS

Execution: The shift toward higher‑margin Advantage2 capacity and enterprise bookings supports the gross‑margin expansion story. The bookings surge into Q4 (including the €10M Italy capacity deal) suggests a healthier near‑term demand pipeline. ^[13]
Risks: Revenue is still early‑stage and lumpy, operating expenses are rising, and warrant/derivative items can skew GAAP results. (D‑Wave’s 8‑K today furnishes the release with full reconciliations.) ^[14]
Catalysts to watch: Additional government and industrial wins on Advantage2, progress on hybrid AI/optimization workloads, and milestones in gate‑model R&D (fluxonium + cryogenic control). ^[15]

Quick facts (context)

Nine‑month FY25 revenue:$21.8M (+235% YoY).
Nine‑month GAAP gross margin:84.8% (benefiting from a higher‑margin system sale earlier this year).
Source: company release. ^[16]

Bottom line

D‑Wave’s Q3 shows commercial traction (revenue, bookings, margin) and a fortified balance sheet, even as GAAP results remain noisy from warrant accounting. For investors, the near‑term focus is on sustaining bookings, converting backlog to revenue, and broadening Advantage2 adoption across government and industry.

Note: This article is for information only and not investment advice.

Primary sources and further reading

Official Q3 FY25 press release and metrics (Business Wire / Yahoo Finance mirror). ^[17]
Public warrant redemption details (Oct. 20, 2025). ^[18]
Advantage2 now operational at Davidson (Nov. 3, 2025). ^[19]
BASF proof‑of‑concept (Nov. 5, 2025). ^[20]
Company 8‑K filed Nov. 6, 2025. ^[21]

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