Momentum merchants love Quantum Computing inventory. Must you?
Shares of eponymous quantum computing firm Quantum Computing (QUBT 21.20%) are hovering for a fourth straight day Friday, up 22.2% by means of 9:55 a.m. ET and on track to finish the week up nearer to 32%.
You may thank the pleasant analysts at Lake Avenue Capital Markets for that.
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What Lake Avenue says about Quantum Computing
In a word launched yesterday — which can not have gotten all the eye it deserved, seeing that Quantum Computing inventory gained solely 3.6% yesterday — Lake Avenue analyst Maxwell Michaelis initiated protection with a purchase ranking and a value goal of $24, experiences StreetInsider.com.
Though admitting that “quantum computing continues to be in its early phases,” Michaelis calls Quantum Computing inventory “a compelling solution to take part within the quickly rising market,” and argues Quantum Computing Inc. has a “first-mover benefit” and “a protracted runway for development.”
Is Quantum Computing inventory a purchase?
It should not take too lengthy to determine if Michaelis is correct about that. The analyst hinges his purchase advice on a prediction that Quantum Computing’s income will rise dramatically in 2026 and 2027, and any such surge in income ought to be very straightforward to identify.
As a result of thus far, Quantum Computing has virtually no income in any respect. In all of final yr, the corporate collected simply $373,000 in income (sure, thousand). It is collected solely $100,000 thus far this yr, too, so income proper now appears to be like set to fall by half in 2025. To me, this makes Quantum Computing inventory look extra like a promote than a purchase, and I fear its current inventory good points are pushed extra by merchants chasing momentum than by long-term traders.
However tune in once more 12 months from now, and we’ll see who was proper.
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