D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced this week that it regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange listing requirements for minimum share price.
The company faced a delisting notice earlier this year after it failed to maintain an average share price above $1 for a 30-day period. The company said this week that it received a notification letter of re-compliance on July “based on (1) the company’s share price being at least $1.00 on June 30, 2023, and (2) a calculation of the company’s average closing price for the 30 trading days ended June 30, 2023, which reflected an average closing price above the NYSE’s $1.00 minimum requirement.”
D-Wave’s stock price moved above $1 back on May 22, and has remained above that threshold ever since, rising about 26% in the last 30 days to a closing price of $2.20 per share on July 5.
The price surge has come as quantum stocks in general have been rising over the last several weeks. Among pure-play quantum technology companies, IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has fared best. On May 12, the day after it reported solid first quarter 2023 earnings, its stock price stood at $6.35, but has more than doubled since to a closing price of $14.12 on July 5. That marks IonQ as the only pure-play, publicly-traded quantum stock currently being traded above its IPO price ($10 in IonQ’s case).
Rigetti Computing, which also was issued an NYSE delisting notice earlier this year, has been above $1 per share since June 21, closing at $1.59 on July 5 after plummeting to a low of 38 cents per share on May 3. Rigetti has not made a public statement recently about its NYSE listing status.
Among other quantum trades, Quantum Computing Inc. (NASDAQ: QUBT), closed at $1.31 on July 5, and has remained above $1.07 over the last month, and Arqit Quantum has remained above $1.18 since June 21, closing at $1.27 on July 5. Meanwhile, the Defiance Quantum ETF (NYSE ARCA: QTUM) closed July 5 at $50.43, within a dollar of its 52-week high.
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Dan O’Shea has covered telecommunications and related topics including semiconductors, sensors, retail systems, digital payments and quantum computing/technology for over 25 years.