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IONQ - IonQ, Inc.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
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PRICE TARGET:
$67.13
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HIGH:
$85.00
LOW:
$48.50
MEDIAN:
$67.50
CONSENSUS:
$67.13
UPSIDE:
48.91%
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Price Targets
IonQ price target raised to $70 from $55 at Northland
$70.00
(was $58.97)
Northland Securities
IonQ price target raised to $48.50 from $47 at Morgan Stanley
$48.50
(was $50.04)
Morgan Stanley
IonQ price target lowered to $85 from $90 at Jefferies
$85.00
(was $52.57)
Jefferies
IonQ initiated with an Outperform at Northland
$55.00
(was $46.09)
Northland Securities
IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) PT Raised to $37 at Morgan Stanley
$37.00
(was $40.12)
Joseph Moore
·
Morgan Stanley
IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) PT Lowered to $65 at Needham
$65.00
(was $33.59)
Quinn Bolton
·
Needham
IonQ price target lowered to $35 from $58 at Morgan Stanley
$35.00
(was $31.17)
Joseph Moore
·
Morgan Stanley
IonQ initiated with an Outperform at Wedbush
$60.00
(was $49.67)
Wedbush
IonQ initiated with a Buy at Jefferies
$100.00
(was $46.12)
Kevin Garrigan
·
Jefferies
IonQ initiated with an Outperform at Mizuho
$90.00
(was $51.85)
Mizuho Securities
IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) PT Raised to $70 at Cantor Fitzgerald
$70.00
(was $52.57)
Troy Jensen
·
Cantor Fitzgerald
IonQ price target raised to $55 from $35 at DA Davidson
$55.00
(was $55.54)
D.A. Davidson
IonQ price target raised to $58 from $32 at Morgan Stanley
$58.00
(was $55.27)
Joseph Moore
·
Morgan Stanley
IonQ price target raised to $75 from $55 at Benchmark
$75.00
(was $65.44)
Benchmark Co.
IonQ downgraded to Neutral at DA Davidson on increased risks
$35.00
(was $40.49)
Alexander Platt
·
D.A. Davidson
IonQ initiated with an Overweight at Cantor Fitzgerald
$45.00
(was $44.75)
Cantor Fitzgerald
IonQ price target lowered to $29 from $37 at Morgan Stanley
$29.00
(was $24.57)
Morgan Stanley
IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) PT Raised to $22 at Benchmark
$22.00
(was $15.06)
David Williams
·
Williams Trading
IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) PT Raised to $18 at Needham
$18.00
(was $15.06)
Quinn Bolton
·
Needham
IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) PT Lowered to $13 at Needham
$13.00
(was $7.03)
Quinn Bolton
·
Needham