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Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Revenue Surges to $5. ... By Company News Published 2026-08-10, 07:03 p/m Updated 2026-08-11, 12:15 a/m 0 © Reuters In this article: QUBT -2.72% GuruFocus - Revenue: $5.6 million in Q2 2026, compared to $61,000 in Q2 2025 and $3.7 million in Q1 2026. Operating Expenses: $21.8 million in Q2 2026, up 114% year-over-year from $10.2 million in Q2 2025. Interest and Other Income: $13 million in Q2 2026, up from $1.8 million in Q2 2025. Net Loss: $11.8 million, or $0.05 per share, in Q2 2026, compared to a net loss of $36.5 million, or $0.26 per basic share, in Q2 2025. Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Investments: Approximately $1.3 billion as of June 30, 2026, down from approximately $1.5 billion at year-end 2025. Total Assets: Approximately $1.6 billion as of June 30, 2026. Total Liabilities: $47.2 million as of June 30, 2026, an increase of $26.5 million compared to year-end 2025. Stockholders’ Equity: $1.6 billion as of June 30, 2026. Contract Backlog: Approximately $42.5 million as of June 30, 2026. Release Date: August 10, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Positive Points Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) reported a significant revenue increase to $5.6 million in Q2 2026, up from $61,000 in the same period last year, driven by contributions from all business units. The company completed the strategic acquisition of NHanced Semiconductors, launching its Fab 2 initiative ahead of schedule and expanding advanced packaging and semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) achieved commercial milestones, including the delivery and installation of its DIRAC-3 Quantum optimization machine at a global consulting firm and a framework agreement with Planck Dynamics for NeuraWave systems, with a potential aggregate value exceeding $10 million. The company’s balance sheet remains strong, with approximately $1.3 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of June 30, 2026, providing financial flexibility for future investments and acquisitions. Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) reported a contract backlog of approximately $42.5 million as of June 30, 2026, which is expected to sustain operations for 12 to 18 months. Quantum Computing Inc Follow Analyze QUBT Included in our AI-picked strategies · Review strategies 1D 1W 1M 6M 1Y 5Y Max 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 8.8 8.9 9 9.1 Negative Points Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) reported a net loss of $11.8 million for Q2 2026, although this was an improvement from the $36.5 million loss in the prior year period. Operating expenses increased by 114% year-over-year to $21.8 million, largely due to higher personnel costs, R&D efforts, and acquisition-related transaction expenses of approximately $7.3 million. The company’s revenue is heavily dependent on government contracts, with 70-80% of business coming from government subcontracts, which may be subject to funding delays and lumpy revenue patterns. Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) faces challenges in predicting revenue due to the inherent difficulties in technical completion and delivery of cutting-edge development projects, leading to potential backloading of revenue. The company’s cash balance decreased from approximately $1.5 billion at year-end 2025 to $1.3 billion as of June 30, 2026, reflecting significant cash outlays of about $180 million for acquisitions. Q & A Highlights Q: Can you provide an update on the DIRAC-3 enhancements, specifically regarding the ability to support more variables in the system? A: Yuping Huang (CEO): We have made significant progress on expanding the functionality of DIRAC-3 to support more variables, which is critical for wider adoption. We are very excited about the progress and advise you to watch for news in the coming months. I am confident this will unlock additional markets. Q: With the NHanced acquisition, have your CapEx needs for Fab 2 changed given the capabilities they bring? A: Christopher Roberts (CFO): We are evaluating upgrades for the NHanced facility, which can currently handle roughly 60,000 wafers a year. We are looking at spending less than building a new facility, likely in the $50 million to $100 million range, closer to $75 million. However, this is still in the planning stages, and we won’t spend near that amount this year. Advertisement Q: How has the $42.5 million contract backlog trended since the end of June? A: Christopher Roberts (CFO): The backlog tends to move in fits and spurts, and there hasn’t been a lot of change in the last 40 days. A significant portion of the increase from Q1 is related to NHanced. These are long-term contracts performed over 12 to 18 months, so we aren’t expecting to burn through it by December. If nothing else came in, it would keep us going until the third quarter of next year. Q: Which end market (government, commercial, or educational) are you seeing the best headway with right now? A: Christopher Roberts (CFO): Currently, we are primarily a provider to government agencies, mainly through subcontracts to primes on both the civil and aerospace/defense sides. Commercial is second, and educational is a distant third. We expect this balance to gradually shift as we see more interest in commercial markets, but right now roughly 70% to 80% of our business comes from government contracting. Q: Can you explain how DIRAC-3 works and its advantage over other optimization machines? A: Yuping Huang (CEO): DIRAC-3 is designed to solve complex optimization problems by using Quantum effects to escape local minimums that trap classical machines. It is a room-temperature photonic system, not a gate-based Quantum machine. Both our engineers and external users have benchmarked it against other machines and reported clear advantages. We are focused on reducing size, weight, and power while supporting more variables to improve solution quality and drive wider adoption. Q: Can you provide any help on revenue or OpEx contribution from the NHanced acquisition? A: Christopher Roberts (CFO): We are not giving formal guidance, but I can point to the pro formas in the Q filed this afternoon. The business is lumpy. NHanced did about $16 million in the first half of last year, but their numbers have gone down recently due to business mix shifts and funding delays on a Navy contract. We stand by our previous estimate of $20 million to $25 million for QCi before NHanced. NHanced’s contribution will likely be between $7 million and $16 million, depending on project delivery and acceptance. I would err on the backloading if you are building a model. Q: You mentioned DIRAC-3 has been benchmarked against other optimization machines. Is this data published and available to everyone? A: Yuping Huang (CEO): A portion of the data has been published in journals, and some customers have reported findings in their presentations. Our internal benchmarks have not been published. We can provide a collection of papers and presentations from our engineers and external users. Q: In the analog Quantum computing space, do you see one of your two primary competitors as being particularly stronger? A: Yuping Huang (CEO): Ultimately, customers and applications will define the value of any Quantum machine. Currently, optimization problems have the largest market potential, which is why we started there. We are also working on gate-based machines, which is much harder with photonics. Once we overcome the engineering challenges, we can mass-produce these machines at a lower unit price. Our mission is to democratize Quantum and put it into the hands of many people, which is why we chose this path. Advertisement Q: Besides managing photon optical loss, are there other engineering challenges to maintaining the integrity of a single photon in a gate-based Quantum computer? A: Yuping Huang (CEO): Photon-photon interaction is the most critical and challenging part as it is the basis for logic. But building a complete machine requires a self-contained system with lasers, single-photon detectors, and controlling electronics integrated on a single chip. This is the fundamental reason we acquired Luminar Semiconductor and NHancedto develop heterogeneous integrated chips to support our Quantum computing platform and other technologies like sensing and communications. Q: Would you have to invest significantly in the sales force to expand your commercial opportunities? A: Christopher Roberts (CFO): Yes. We recently hired Susan Hunt as our new Chief Revenue Officer, and she has an aggressive plan to hire key people in both commercial and government sales. We want to emphasize sales going forward to build the backlog as fast as we can. Yuping Huang (CEO): We made this change because our technology and manufacturing capabilities have reached an inflection point. We are ready to bring our products to a much larger market. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. This content was originally published on Gurufocus.com Is QUBT undervalued—or a trap? Gut instinct isn't enough. Our Fair Value calculator uses 17 proven valuation models to reveal what QUBT is really worth. Get instant clarity on QUBT—plus thousands of other stocks—before the opportunity disappears. 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