Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
Our common stock and public warrants are traded on the NYSE under the symbols “IONQ” and “IONQ WS,” respectively.
Holders
As of February 19, 2025, there were approximately 27 stockholders of record. The actual number of stockholders is greater than this number of record holders, and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners, but whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees. This number of holders of record also does not include stockholders whose shares may be held in trust by other entities.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of cash dividends, if any, in the future will be at the discretion of our Board and will depend on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors our Board may deem relevant.
Stock Performance Graph
This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or“filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section or incorporated by reference into any filing of IonQ, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
The following graph depicts the cumulative total shareholder return from October 1, 2021 (the first day on which the Company's common stock traded on the NYSE) through December 31, 2024 for the Company, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Computer Index. The graph assumes $100 was invested in each of the Company’s common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Computer Index as of market close on October 1, 2021. Data for the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Computer Index assumes reinvestment of the full amount of all dividends. No dividends have been declared on our common stock. The comparisons in the graph below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance of our common stock.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities
None.
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item 6. [Reserved].
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