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Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. Class A Ordinary Shares

HQ · NASDAQ

Market closed$22.31$1.38 (+6.59%)After hours $21.00 · -5.87%

Key statistics

Previous close$20.93
Open$19.47
Day high$23.68
Day low$19.01
52-week high$45.00
52-week low$8.29
Market cap1.15B
Volume567.70K
Average volume671.19K
P/E ratio-79.68
Forward P/E—
EPS-0.28
Dividend yield0.00%

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What is happening

Recent company-specific developments and publisher coverage.

July 18, 2026Horizon Quantum Computing surged nearly 7% on heavy volume, bucking a broader software sector selloff that followed IBM's historic earnings warning about clients shifting budgets away from software toward AI hardware infrastructure. The rally comes amid growing investor interest in quantum computing as a secular theme — a Zacks report published today highlighted quantum computing stocks poised for significant upside in the second half of 2026 — while analyst coverage remains sparse, with Needham initiating at Buy ($20 target) in June and a consensus Hold rating below the current price. However, shares reversed sharply in after-hours trading, falling nearly 6%, suggesting the intraday move may have been driven by speculative momentum rather than company-specific catalysts.

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July 16, 2026Horizon Quantum Computing shares rose against a challenging backdrop for software stocks, closing up 3.40% even as IBM's historic 25% collapse — its worst single-day drop on record — triggered a broad software sector selloff. The IBM warning, which cited enterprise clients shifting capex away from software toward AI hardware and memory, rattled peers like Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Microsoft. Horizon Quantum managed to outperform the sector rout, potentially benefiting from investor interest in quantum computing as IBM's CEO specifically highlighted quantum as a key forward investment amid the AI-driven disruption. Analyst coverage remains thin, with a consensus Hold rating and a $20 price target — below current trading levels — as short interest surged 120% in June.

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July 15, 2026Horizon Quantum Holdings closed modestly lower as a sector-wide selloff in software stocks weighed on the technology space following IBM's historic earnings warning. IBM plunged over 25% after CEO Arvind Krishna admitted the company 'faltered,' citing clients aggressively reprioritizing capex toward hardware and memory purchases over software — a shift that rattled the broader software sector and dragged down peers including Salesforce and Microsoft. Analyst sentiment on Horizon Quantum remains cautious, with a consensus 'Hold' rating and a $20 average price target implying further downside, though Needham initiated coverage with a Buy in June 2026.

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July 11, 2026Horizon Quantum Holdings fell sharply as investors digested the disclosure of a 20.3% stake by Peak XV Partners Seed Investment, filed via Schedule 13D on July 9. While the filing confirms a significant institutional presence stemming from the March 2026 SPAC business combination, it also revealed the investor's stated intent to potentially support 'extraordinary corporate transactions' including mergers or liquidations, and noted that a resale registration has already been cleared — raising overhang concerns. Analyst coverage remains sparse, with a consensus price target of $20.00 implying further downside from current levels.

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July 10, 2026Horizon Quantum Holdings closed modestly higher, even as software stocks broadly faced headwinds from AI disruption fears and macro uncertainty. The key development driving investor attention was a Schedule 13D filing revealing that Peak XV Partners-affiliated funds disclosed a 20.3% beneficial ownership stake in the company—equivalent to 6.47 million Class A Ordinary Shares—following a SPAC deal. This significant institutional endorsement from the prominent venture firm adds credibility to Horizon Quantum's positioning, even as the broader software sector (IGV down ~10.5% YTD) grapples with fears that AI agents will cannibalize traditional software revenue.

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July 9, 2026Horizon Quantum Computing shares edged higher, bucking broader tech sector weakness as the Nasdaq fell on a semiconductor-driven selloff triggered by Samsung's earnings and reports of DeepSeek developing custom AI chips. With a consensus analyst price target of $20.00 suggesting meaningful downside, Wall Street remains divided — Needham initiated with a Buy in June while Weiss Ratings holds a Sell — yet the stock traded above that target amid renewed interest in quantum and software-application names outperforming hardware peers.

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July 7, 2026Horizon Quantum Computing closed higher, outperforming broader software sector peers amid a semiconductor-led Nasdaq rebound. Analyst sentiment remains mixed — Needham initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $20 price target in June, while Weiss Ratings upgraded to Sell (E+), leaving the consensus at Hold with the target implying meaningful downside from current levels. The stock's extended-hours move higher adds to the session's gains as investors weigh the broader "SaaSpocalypse" debate gripping software names, with IGV down ~11% YTD while XLK gains 26% on AI disruption fears.

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July 3, 2026Horizon Quantum Holdings tumbled sharply after a critical Seeking Alpha analysis highlighted the company's near-total lack of revenue despite its ~$1.5 billion market valuation following its SPAC merger with dMY Squared Technology Group. The Singapore-based quantum software firm drew skepticism from analysts, with the lone consensus price target of $20 implying further downside from current levels — and one of only two covering analysts maintaining a Sell rating. The selloff also came amid broad weakness in tech and semiconductor stocks on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq under pressure from a soft jobs report and chip sector concerns.

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MarketBeat · July 15, 2026Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. (NASDAQ:HQ) Short Interest Up 120.3% in JuneStocksToTrade · June 22, 2026HQ Stock Rockets As Traders Chase Quantum MomentumBusiness Wire · June 11, 2026Horizon Quantum Announces Dublin as Its Second Quantum Computer Testbed Location, Bringing A Frontier Quantum System to IrelandThe Quantum Insider · May 5, 2026In NASDAQ Debut, Horizon Quantum Reports It's Scaling Up Software And Hardware StrategyStock Titan · April 21, 2026Horizon Quantum pairs May 5 results with a 2026 outlook callWhite & Case LLP · March 23, 2026White & Case advises dMY Squared on business combination with Horizon Quantum
Mt Newswire · April 9, 2026Horizon Quantum to Acquire IonQ Quantum Computing System

Peers

S&P 500SPX · $7,457.69-1.01%IonQ, Inc.IONQ · $34.78-0.91%D-Wave Quantum Inc.QBTS · $16.73-1.12%Rigetti Computing, Inc.RGTI · $14.11+0.07%Quantum Computing, Inc.QUBT · $7.80+2.09%Microsoft CorporationMSFT · $393.82-1.82%International Business Machines CorporationIBM · $212.67-2.91%Alphabet Inc.GOOGL · $346.77-2.17%NVIDIA CorporationNVDA · $202.81-2.21%Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR · $132.38-1.53%Silvaco Group, Inc. Common StockSVCO · $7.94-11.48%Rapid7, Inc.RPD · $12.20+0.25%