Short sellers are active across the quantum sector — high valuations, heavy cash burn and frequent share offerings make these stocks a popular target. This list ranks every pure-play quantum stock by its most recent FINRA daily short volume percentage: the share of each day's trading volume that was sold short. Note this is daily short volume, not short interest as a % of float — it measures current shorting activity, not accumulated positions.
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1. Rigetti Computing (RGTI) — 63.1%
Rigetti Computing is a full-stack quantum-classical computing company using superconducting qubits. It fabricates its own chips at Fab-1 and provides cloud access through Quantum Cloud Services (QCS).
RGTI live data, financials & filings →2. Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) — 61.6%
Arqit provides quantum-safe encryption-as-a-service via its SKA-Platform, delivering symmetric key agreements resistant to both current and future quantum computer attacks, protecting governments and enterprises.
ARQQ live data, financials & filings →3. Xanadu (XNDU) — 61.6%
Xanadu is a photonic quantum computing company developing room-temperature, light-based quantum computers and open-source quantum software. Its Aurora system (Jan 2025) is the world's first scalable modular photonic quantum computer. PennyLane is the leading open-source quantum ML library.
XNDU live data, financials & filings →4. Infleqtion (INFQ) — 60.7%
Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta) designs and builds quantum computers, precision sensors, and quantum software using cold atom and neutral atom technology. Its Sqale quantum computer has been commercially deployed at the UK National Quantum Computing Centre.
INFQ live data, financials & filings →5. Quantinuum (QNT) — 59.5%
Quantinuum develops trapped-ion quantum computers and quantum software, spun out of Honeywell in 2021. Its H-Series and Helios systems hold world records in gate fidelity and quantum volume. Software platforms include InQuanto (quantum chemistry), Quantum Origin (cybersecurity entropy), and lambeq (quantum NLP/AI). IPO: Nasdaq June 2026.
QNT live data, financials & filings →6. D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) — 56.8%
D-Wave is the world's first commercial quantum computing company, specializing in quantum annealing technology for optimization problems. Its systems are used in logistics, finance, and drug discovery.
QBTS live data, financials & filings →7. IonQ (IONQ) — 55.0%
IonQ develops trapped-ion quantum computers accessible via cloud through AWS Braket, Azure Quantum, and Google Cloud. The company builds full-stack quantum hardware and software targeting fault-tolerant quantum computing.
IONQ live data, financials & filings →8. Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) — 52.3%
Quantum Computing Inc develops photonic quantum processors and reservoir quantum computing systems. Its Dirac series uses Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC) for constrained optimization, and its Neurawave product applies photonic reservoir computing to edge AI inference.
QUBT live data, financials & filings →9. IQM Quantum Computers (IQMX) — 51.8%
IQM Quantum Computers is Europe's largest quantum computing hardware company, building on-premises superconducting quantum computers for national labs, HPC centers and universities — with systems delivered across Finland, Germany, Spain, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan and beyond. It operates its own chip fabrication facility in Espoo, Finland.
IQMX live data, financials & filings →10. Horizon Quantum (HQ) — 50.8%
Horizon Quantum builds quantum software infrastructure — compilers, development tools, and hardware-agnostic abstraction layers. Its Triple Alpha IDE and Helium language translate classical C/Python code into quantum-accelerated applications. Operates Singapore's first commercially deployed quantum computer as a software testbed.
HQ live data, financials & filings →11. Quantum-Si (QSI) — 42.2%
Quantum-Si is building a semiconductor chip-based platform for single-molecule protein sequencing using quantum-detection technology. Its Platinum Pro system targets proteomics research; next-gen Proteus instrument targets late 2026 commercial launch.
QSI live data, financials & filings →Methodology: Short volume % = short volume ÷ total volume from FINRA's most recent daily consolidated short sale file (CNMS). This is a daily flow measure and can swing day to day; it is distinct from bi-monthly short interest % of float. Covers the US-listed pure-play quantum universe tracked by this site. Full metric definitions on the methodology page. Not investment advice.
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