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D-Wave Quantum Inc (QBTS) stock profile and business model

What D-Wave Quantum Inc does, how the business earns money, and how valuation, peers, ownership, and risk shape the TECHi profile.

Section freshness

Price Aug 21, 4:00 PM EDT · Statements Jun 29, 8:00 PM EDT

Investor profile snapshot

QBTS live price, business model and key metrics

Start with the live market print, then use this profile to connect D-Wave Quantum Inc's operating model with revenue, margins, peer context, and investor risk.

After-hoursRealtime extended-hours pricing

$20.39

+$1.59(+8.46%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closei

Quote as of Aug 21, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

After-hours NasdaqGS quote as of Aug 21, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT. Extended-hours prices can sit outside the regular-session range.

Market data source

Today86%
$19.10L Aug 21 '26$20.60H Aug 21 '26
52-week22%
$12.75$46.75
Long-term ranges5Y, Since first print
5Y43%
$0.3960L May 8 '23$46.75H Oct 15 '25
Since first print43%
$0.3960L May 8 '23$46.75H Oct 15 '25

1Y · USD · 255 pts

$20.39

+23.13%Open summary
Market-data preview · Aug 25 to Aug 261-year price range
QBTS one-year price chartServer-rendered SVG chart showing QBTS price history.
1Y High$46.751Y Low$12.75

QBTS one-year SVG chart preview from 2025-08-18 to 2026-08-21.

Live price

$20.39

Live during market hours

Market cap

$7.59B

Equity scale

Analyst view

Buy

Target $35.25 (+72.89% implied)

Company · Profile

About D-Wave Quantum Inc (QBTS)

Sector, leadership, and how D-Wave Quantum Inc earns its revenue.

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D-Wave Quantum Inc

NasdaqGS · QBTS · US

D-Wave Quantum is a quantum-computing company focused on annealing systems, quantum cloud access, and optimization use cases. The stock thesis is speculative and depends on bookings conversion, enterprise adoption, cash runway, and whether annealing proves commercially useful.

Sector
Technology
Industry
Technology
Country
US
Founded
2004
Exchange
NasdaqGS

How D-Wave Quantum Inc makes money

Technology

Quantum annealing has a different path

D-Wave focuses on annealing systems for optimization problems rather than the same gate-model roadmap pursued by IonQ, Rigetti, IBM, and Google.

Revenue mix

Hardware, cloud, and services

The source pillar highlighted the importance of bookings and the gap between current revenue scale and market capitalization.

Commercial use

Optimization is the proof point

The bull case needs practical customer workloads in logistics, scheduling, materials, finance, or government use cases that classical systems cannot easily match.

Runway

Cash buys time, but not certainty

Quantum companies need enough capital to keep building while the market waits for useful commercial applications.

Key takeaways for QBTS

QBTS is a speculative quantum-computing exposure with a differentiated annealing approach.

Bookings and revenue conversion matter more than quantum-sector enthusiasm.

The key risk is that valuation assumes commercial quantum adoption before revenue proves it.

Business identity

D-Wave Quantum Inc company facts and operating footprint

D-Wave Quantum is a quantum-computing company focused on annealing systems, quantum cloud access, and optimization use cases. The stock thesis is speculative and depends on bookings conversion, enterprise adoption, cash runway, and whether annealing proves commercially useful.

Sector
Technology
Industry
Technology
Founded
2004
Country
US
Exchange
NasdaqGS
Registration and filing identifiersShow
Asset type
Common Stock
Fiscal year end
December
Latest quarter
Jun 30, 2026
CIK
0001907982

Key metrics

QBTS valuation, revenue and margin profile

Full statistics
Market cap
$7.59B
Equity scale
Revenue TTM
$12.43M
Trailing twelve months
Revenue growth
-0.61%
Latest YoY quarter
Free cash flow
-$32.94M
Reported in USD

Margin quality snapshot

Gross margin64.19%

Competitors

QBTS competitors and peer context

TickerCompanyPriceMove
RIOTRiot Platforms$19.83-5.48%
CIFRCipher Mining$15.77-8.40%
CORZCore Scientific$17.81-3.15%
PLTRPalantir Technologies$179.94+3.44%

Risk heatmap

QBTS business risks investors should monitor

Valuation sensitivity

Monitor

Multiple pending

Use the forward P/E and PEG context before treating the profile as cheap or expensive.

Balance-sheet flexibility

Monitor

D/E 0.03 · CR 20.55

Debt load and near-term liquidity shape how much strategic patience the company has.

Growth durability

Monitor

-0.61%

Latest YoY revenue growth is the first check on whether the business model is still expanding.

Market sensitivity

High

Beta 2.16

Higher beta can amplify drawdowns when rates, earnings expectations, or sector appetite shift.

Regulatory and operating pressure

Elevated

Technology

Platform rules, AI governance, export controls, and supply-chain constraints can move product timing, margins, or addressable markets.

QBTS ownership and registration profile

Float shares
362.27M
Insider ownership
2.15%
Institutional ownership
54.93%

Size & scale

Market cap
$7.59B
Enterprise value
$7.33B
Shares outstanding
369.26M
Currency
USD

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