IonQ (IONQ) Competitors

IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, IONQ or OKTA?

IonQ has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IONQ or OKTA?

IonQ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okta. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Okta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IonQ	$43.07M	131.77	-$157.77M	-$1.54	-16.54
Okta	$2.61B	7.76	-$355M	$0.04	2,918.00

Is IONQ or OKTA more profitable?

Okta has a net margin of -1.54% compared to IonQ's net margin of -457.85%. Okta's return on equity of 0.47% beat IonQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IonQ	-457.85%	-36.82%	-32.48%
Okta	-1.54%	0.47%	0.32%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IONQ or OKTA?

41.4% of IonQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Okta shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of IonQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Okta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IONQ or OKTA?

Okta received 557 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.17% of users gave Okta an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IonQ	Outperform Votes 23 53.49%	Underperform Votes 20 46.51%
Okta	Outperform Votes 580 58.17%	Underperform Votes 417 41.83%

Do analysts prefer IONQ or OKTA?

IonQ currently has a consensus price target of $44.80, indicating a potential upside of 75.89%. Okta has a consensus price target of $115.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.22%. Given IonQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IonQ is more favorable than Okta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Okta	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Does the media prefer IONQ or OKTA?

In the previous week, Okta had 3 more articles in the media than IonQ. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Okta and 29 mentions for IonQ. Okta's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat IonQ's score of 0.53 indicating that Okta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IonQ	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Okta	19 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Okta beats IonQ on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.