Comparing Quantum Computing (QUBT) & Its Competitors

Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) is one of 255 public companies in the “INTERNET SOFTWARE” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Quantum Computing to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Quantum Computing and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quantum Computing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quantum Computing Competitors	-189.05%	-55.69%	-6.37%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Quantum Computing and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quantum Computing	0	1	1	0	2.50
Quantum Computing Competitors	1522	10074	19416	461	2.60

Quantum Computing presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.80%. As a group, “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies have a potential upside of 10.79%. Given Quantum Computing’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum Computing has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

Quantum Computing has a beta of 3.96, indicating that its share price is 296% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum Computing’s competitors have a beta of 1.18, indicating that their average share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Quantum Computing and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quantum Computing	$370,000.00	N/A	-43.21
Quantum Computing Competitors	$2.13 billion	$333.99 million	-2.17

Quantum Computing’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Quantum Computing. Quantum Computing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

4.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Quantum Computing competitors beat Quantum Computing on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Quantum Computing Company Profile

Quantum Computing Inc., an integrated photonics company, offers accessible and affordable quantum machines. The company offers Dirac systems are portable, low power, and room temperature qubit and qudit entropy quantum computers (EQC); reservoir computing; remote sensing; and single photon imaging. It also provides Quantum random number generator (uQRNG), a portable device that provides genuine random numbers directly from quantum processes; and quantum authentication which eliminates vulnerabilities inherent in classical cryptographic schemes by offering a comprehensive entanglement-based quantum cyber solution that seamlessly integrates into existing telecom fiber and communication infrastructure. The company was formerly known as Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. Quantum Computing, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.