IONQ Inc Dividends
The next dividend date for IONQ Inc has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for IONQ Inc (IONQ)
More About IONQ Inc
IonQ, Inc. develops quantum computers and networks in the United States. It sells access to quantum computers of various qubit capacities. The company also makes access to its quantum computers through cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Braket, Microsoft's Azure Quantum, and Google's Cloud Marketplace, as well as through its cloud service. The company engages in quantum-safe networking and quantum detection systems. It offers quantum key distribution systems, quantum random number generators, and single-photon detectors. In addition, it provides contracts associated with the design, development, construction, and sale of specialized quantum computing hardware systems; maintenance and support services; and consulting services related to co-developing algorithms on quantum computing systems. The company has a collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca PLC for the development of quantum-accelerated computational chemistry workflow for healthcare, life sciences, and chemistry. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in College Park, Maryland.
Owning IONQ Inc Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own IONQ Inc stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of IONQ Inc stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of IONQ Inc stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying IONQ Inc stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the IONQ Inc dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning IONQ Inc Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in IONQ Inc stock price from the dividend is already baked into IONQ Inc option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the IONQ Inc ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the IONQ Inc ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of IONQ Inc call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of IONQ Inc put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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