Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) Stock Price Down 4.2% – Here’s What Happened

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Rigetti Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTIGet Free Report) shares traded down 4.2% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $24.31 and last traded at $24.47. 27,520,522 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 15% from the average session volume of 32,453,621 shares. The stock had previously closed at $25.53.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

RGTI has been the topic of several research reports. Wedbush assumed coverage on Rigetti Computing in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock. Mizuho started coverage on shares of Rigetti Computing in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $50.00 target price for the company. Alliance Global Partners reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Rigetti Computing in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Benchmark reduced their price target on shares of Rigetti Computing from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Rigetti Computing from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 15th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Rigetti Computing presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $31.22.

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Rigetti Computing Stock Down 4.2%

The firm has a market capitalization of $8.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.82 and a beta of 1.70. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $26.12 and a 200-day moving average price of $24.70.

Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTIGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.03) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.02. Rigetti Computing had a negative return on equity of 21.98% and a negative net margin of 4,741.49%.The firm had revenue of $1.95 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.17 million. The company’s revenue was down 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Rigetti Computing, Inc. will post -0.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Rigetti Computing

In related news, Director Helene Gail Sandford sold 62,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.89, for a total value of $2,783,180.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 120,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,403,454.19. This represents a 34.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

Institutional Trading of Rigetti Computing

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in RGTI. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Rigetti Computing by 40.4% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 32,046,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $954,665,000 after acquiring an additional 9,228,888 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in Rigetti Computing by 12.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,853,006 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,997,000 after purchasing an additional 946,850 shares during the period. Marex Group plc bought a new position in Rigetti Computing during the 2nd quarter valued at $87,414,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Rigetti Computing by 22.9% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,484,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,910,000 after purchasing an additional 1,206,925 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG raised its stake in shares of Rigetti Computing by 90.9% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,081,174 shares of the company’s stock worth $91,788,000 after buying an additional 1,467,483 shares in the last quarter. 35.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Rigetti Computing

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Rigetti Computing is a pioneering quantum computing company that designs and manufactures superconducting quantum processors alongside a complementary software stack. Founded in 2013 by CEO Chad Rigetti, the company has developed end-to-end quantum systems—from cryogenic hardware to control electronics—to advance the performance and scalability of quantum machines.

At the core of Rigetti’s offering is its Quantum Cloud Services (QCS) platform, which enables developers and enterprises to access quantum processing units (QPUs) and hybrid quantum-classical workflows via the cloud.

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