Quantum computing<\/a> is starting to gain attention. It’s a fast-growing market that McKinsey & Co expects to be worth $100 billion in 10 years. And one no-brainer quantum computing stock worth taking a bet on just hit new all-time highs.<\/p>\n IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) stock is up 75% year to date. While dozens of analysts cover each of the Magnificent Seven<\/a>, only five analysts cover this leading quantum computing company. The stock’s outperformance on top of IonQ’s steady growth as it works to commercialize its technology makes it a compelling investment opportunity before Wall Street catches on.<\/p>\n The power of quantum computing over traditional computing will lead to breakthroughs in the coming decades that are unimaginable today. IonQ has an advantage over its competitors with its trapped-ion process.<\/p>\n One of the drawbacks of quantum computing is that some methods of implementing the technology require near-absolute-zero temperatures for the qubits — the units of information used in quantum computing — to function. But IonQ’s trapped-ion method can operate near room temperature, and therefore speed up the company’s ability to commercialize and scale its service.<\/p>\n IonQ has been working on this technology for 25 years, giving it a first-mover advantage in this burgeoning industry. It sells quantum computing hardware and other support services, in addition to its quantum-as-a-service platform. It offers its hardware through leading cloud service platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Alphabet’s Google Cloud. Its revenue surged 67% year over year on a trailing 12-month basis to $52 million.<\/p>\n The company’s early lead in commercializing quantum computing is a major advantage that could pay huge dividends for early investors.<\/p>\n Before you buy stock in IonQ, consider this:<\/p>\n The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the\u00a010 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and IonQ wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,\u00a0you\u2019d have $657,979!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,122,746!*<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s worth noting\u00a0Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 1,060% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 187% for the S&P 500.\u00a0Don’t miss the latest top 10 list, available with\u00a0Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.<\/p>\n See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n *Stock Advisor returns as of October 7, 2025<\/p>\n John Ballard<\/a> has positions in IonQ. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image source: Getty Images. <\/p>\n