D-Wave (QBTS) shares rallied as much as 20% on Monday after the quantum computing company announced plans of participating in the CES 2026 scheduled for Jan. 7.<\/p>\n
According to its press release, QBTS will showcase \u201cits award-winning technology and real-world customer success stories\u201d at the world\u2019s largest annual technology trade show.<\/p>\n
Additionally, a vice president of the NYSE-listed firm \u2013 Murray Thom \u2013 will discuss \u201cpotential for synergy between quantum computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain\u201d at the event.<\/p>\n
Despite Monday\u2019s surge,\u00a0D-Wave stock is down more than 35% versus its year-to-date high in mid-October.<\/p>\n
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The annual CES conference is a massive opportunity for D-Wave to spotlight its quantum tech on a global stage, boosting visibility with both investors and potential customers.<\/p>\n
Showcasing real-world success stories will validate commercial traction, while Thom\u2019s discussion will highlight growth opportunities in high-demand sectors like AI and blockchain.<\/p>\n
All in all, the company\u2019s participation in the trade show on Jan. 7 could boost market confidence, positioning QBTS stock as a leader in next-gen computing.<\/p>\n
Heading into 2026, Jefferies analysts have a \u201cBuy\u201d rating on D-Wave with a price target of $45, indicating potential upside of another 41% from here.<\/p>\n
Jefferies remains constructive on D-Wave shares mostly because the Palo Alto-headquartered firm is the only pure-play that\u2019s publicly claimed quantum supremacy.<\/p>\n
QBTS\u2019 technology (quantum annealing) is already commercially mature and the over $800 million it has in cash offers meaningful leeway for growth and innovation.<\/p>\n
Plus, continued adoption in\u00a0quantum computing more broadly could serve as a significant tailwind for D-Wave as well.<\/p>\n
According to Jefferies\u2019 analysts, the company will grow its revenue at a compound annualized rate of 73% through the end of this decade.<\/p>\n
Other Wall Street analysts seem to agree with Jefferies\u2019 bullish stance on QBTS shares as well.<\/p>\n
According to Barchart, the consensus rating on D-Wave stock remains at \u201cStrong Buy\u201d with price targets going as high as $48, indicating potential for a more than 65% rally in the coming year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"D-Wave (QBTS) shares rallied as much as 20% on Monday after the quantum computing company announced plans of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":209084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[492,40262,918,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-468184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-physics","8":"tag-physics","9":"tag-qbts","10":"tag-quantum-computing","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115772758784192163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}