Trump's quantum executive orders could boost Quantum Computing as federal policy shifts toward commercialization, cybersecurity and domestic manufacturing.
Quantum Corp. (QMCO) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Quantum computing is the ultimate long-duration bet. The physics works, commercial revenue is thin, and every pure-play player is burning cash toward a payoff years away.
RGTI's debt-free $569M cash position gives it runway to invest in Fab-1, higher-qubit systems and its long-term quantum roadmap.
As with the AI industry, investors often push the quantum computing industry aside as a "bubble." In both cases, however, it's important to acknowledge what this might mean.
The Commerce Department's $2 billion in planned CHIPS R&D funding for nine quantum companies, announced in May, gave the quantum computing trade something it lacked for a decade: a federal balance sheet behind it.
D-Wave is selected to receive $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation. It's the company's latest federal funding injection.
Data storage solutions provider Quantum Corporation finished fiscal year 2026 on a strong note with sales increasing to new recovery highs and backlog more than doubling on a quarter-over-quarter basis. QMCO experienced strong momentum in object storage with ActiveScale revenue tripling on a year-over-year basis, driven by new use cases around large-scale data management and AI workloads. Even more importantly, the company managed to address its long-standing debt issues, albeit at the price of heavy shareholder dilution.
QMCO's record backlog, AI-driven storage demand and debt-free reset are shaping fiscal 2027, but supply limits and margins remain key tests.
QMCO's quarterly loss narrowed as revenue jumped 27%, while debt repayment and backlog momentum point to improving profitability ahead.
Discover why Zacks issues an "Underperform" rating for QXL, being the first on Wall Street to initiate coverage on the stock. Learn why liquidity concerns, persistent losses, funding dependence and a weakening legacy business overshadow the company's promising quantum computing ambitions.
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