Elite Quantum Stocks To Own In September 2026

With central banks sounding more hawkish on inflation and rate hikes, investors are paying closer attention to technologies that could reshape computing power and data analysis over the long term. Quantum computing stocks tap into this theme by targeting hardware, software, and research that aim to tackle complex problems traditional systems struggle to handle. This article highlights three companies from our quantum computing screener to watch now.

The stocks covered below are just a small sample from the quantum computing theme, and the full screen surfaced 22 more companies with equally compelling narratives that are not included in this article. To identify and analyze the highest conviction ideas in this space, go straight to the Quantum Computing Stocks screener.

IonQ (IONQ)

Overview: IonQ is a quantum computing company that builds commercial trapped ion quantum computers and sells access to them through major cloud platforms such as AWS Braket, Microsoft Azure Quantum, and Google Cloud, as well as through direct hardware sales and support. Alongside this, IonQ also works on quantum safe communications, detection systems, and specialized hardware contracts, plus some semiconductor manufacturing, but these play a supporting role to its core quantum computing and cloud access focus.