{"id":21821,"date":"2026-02-25T21:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21821"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:38:14","slug":"ionq-ionq-q4-earnings-report-preview-what-to-look-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21821","title":{"rendered":"IonQ (IONQ) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) will be reporting results this Wednesday afternoon. Here\u2019s what investors should know.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->IonQ beat analysts\u2019 revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $39.87 million, up 222% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts\u2019 EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts\u2019 revenue estimates.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Is IonQ a buy or sell going into earnings? <a href=\"https:\/\/stockstory.org\/us\/stocks\/nyse\/ionq?utm_source=earningsPreviewArticle&amp;utm_medium=yahoo&amp;utm_campaign=top&amp;utm_article=C110bWMEZ0g%3D&amp;utm_ticker=IONQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read our full analysis here, it\u2019s free for active Edge members;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read our full analysis here, it\u2019s free for active Edge members<\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->This quarter, the market is expecting IonQ\u2019s revenue to grow 245% year on year, improving from the 91.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-1ems0tc\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-lglytj\" style=\"--max-height: 540px\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-lglytj\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 540;--img-max-width: 960px\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"yf-1ems0tc\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->IonQ Total Revenue<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. IonQ has a history of exceeding Wall Street\u2019s expectations.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Looking at IonQ\u2019s peers in the hardware &amp; infrastructure segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Super Micro delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 123%, beating analysts\u2019 expectations by 21.5%, and Diebold Nixdorf reported revenues up 11.7%, in line with consensus estimates. Super Micro traded up 13.8% following the results while Diebold Nixdorf was also up 11%.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Read our full analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/stockstory.org\/us\/stocks\/nasdaq\/smci?utm_source=pre-earnings&amp;utm_medium=yahoo&amp;utm_campaign=peer&amp;utm_article=C110bWMEZ0g%3D&amp;utm_ticker=IONQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Super Micro\u2019s results here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Super Micro\u2019s results here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockstory.org\/us\/stocks\/nyse\/dbd?utm_source=pre-earnings&amp;utm_medium=yahoo&amp;utm_campaign=peer&amp;utm_article=C110bWMEZ0g%3D&amp;utm_ticker=IONQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Diebold Nixdorf\u2019s results here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Diebold Nixdorf\u2019s results here<\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The euphoria surrounding Trump\u2019s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the hardware &amp; infrastructure stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.9% on average over the last month. IonQ is down 27.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $73.12 (compared to the current share price of $31.28).<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Today\u2019s young investors likely haven\u2019t read the timeless lessons in Gorilla Game: Picking Winners In High Technology because it was written more than 20 years ago when Microsoft and Apple were first establishing their supremacy. But if we apply the same principles, then enterprise software stocks leveraging their own generative AI capabilities may well be the Gorillas of the future. So, in that spirit, we are excited to present our Special Free Report on <a href=\"https:\/\/stockstory.org\/stock-pick-l\/9b432064-0e9d-4b23-ac83-dbaef0f84b4e?utm_source=earningsPreview&amp;utm_medium=yahoo&amp;utm_campaign=SP_5&amp;utm_article=C110bWMEZ0g%3D&amp;utm_ticker=IONQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a profitable, fast-growing enterprise software stock that is already riding the automation wave and looking to catch the generative AI next;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a profitable, fast-growing enterprise software stock that is already riding the automation wave and looking to catch the generative AI next<\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/ionq-ionq-q4-earnings-report-030255788.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) will be reporting results this Wednesday afternoon. Here\u2019s what investors should know. IonQ beat analysts\u2019 revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $39.87 million, up 222% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts\u2019 EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts\u2019 &#8230; <a title=\"IonQ (IONQ) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21821\" aria-label=\"Read more about IonQ (IONQ) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IonQ-IONQ-Q4-Earnings-Report-Preview-What-To-Look-For.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21823,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21821\/revisions\/21823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}