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Quantum computing is a hot topic right now. Three of the four highest-performing stocks in the last six months are pure play investments in this technology. Investors expect big things from a new class of computers, with the promise of solving incredibly complex problems in the blink of an eye. Leading quantum computer builder IonQ ( IONQ -5.72% ) gained 484% in six months as of Dec. 26. Believe it or not, but that jump doesn't qualify IonQ for a top-four finish. No, IonQ lands in the 16th place on this list, far behind the 2,735% gain posted by smaller rival Quantum Computing, Inc. ( QUBT -4.63% ) . Can Quantum Computing build on its recent success? Will IonQ turn the tables and outperform the smaller company in 2025? What else do you need to know before investing in the explosive quantum computing market? Metric Quantum Computing IonQ Market Cap $2.4 billion $10.2 billion Revenue (TTM) $390,000 $37.5 million Net Profit Margin (TTM) (6,159%) (457.9%) Free Cash Flow (TTM) ($20.5 million) ($120.4 million) Cash and Short-Term Investments $3.06 million $301.8 million Data collected from Finviz and YCharts on Dec. 26, 2024. TTM = trailing twelve months. Compare and contrast the financial results These financial statements have a lot in common. IonQ and Quantum Computing's stocks are worth billions of dollars despite minimal revenues and deeply negative bottom-line profits. Neither company is attempting to make a profit at this point. They are development-stage businesses set up to deliver new and improved technologies that might support a profitable business someday. I'm not speculating here. Here's what IonQ said about its business prospects in regulatory filings before entering the public stock market in 2021: Quantum Computing offered another sobering self-analysis in 2020: "We incurred negative cash flows from operating activities and recurring net losses in fiscal years 2019 and 2018. [...] These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern ." Wall Street's ditches are littered with the remains of development-stage businesses that never lived up to their early expectations. IonQ and Quantum Computing are the first to admit that they might be next in line for financial disaster, bankruptcy, and crumbling investor value. I'm not saying that the two companies are doomed to fail, but you should be aware of the substantial risks involved in owning these stocks. Even if you don't mind risky investments , it's best to make smallish bets on any stock in this volatile industry. Some of the most promising research projects may never result in commercial-grade computing systems, after all. What makes these quantum computing specialists unique IonQ is a leading manufacturer of quantum computing systems. So far, its customer list includes several branches of the U.S. military, South Korean vehicle maker Hyundai , and industrial machinery giant Caterpillar . Anyone can access IonQ hardware through popular cloud-computing platforms from Amazon , Microsoft , and Alphabet . The IonQ Forte system hit the market a year ago. Its trapped ion architecture provides 32 qubits of quantum computing power. That's enough to perform some simple calculations, though the error rate is still high. Estimated to cost about $13 million, the Forte system is still not useful for any real-world business task. Quantum Computing (the company, not the technology itself) started out with a tight focus on providing software and algorithms to run on quantum computing hardware from other companies. Since then, the company has merged with a quantum hardware researcher and is now looking for opportunities to sell computing systems, too. This company is not shipping any hardware yet, though. The third-quarter report in November highlighted several partnerships and research programs, looking forward to potential system sales in 2025. How to invest in quantum computing stocks today All things considered, I think it's too early to pick long-term winners in the promising but risky field of quantum computing. I would approach this game-changing technology from a safer angle. Some of the largest tech giants are also developing quantum computing systems these days, including some of the IonQ partners mentioned earlier. These deep-pocketed businesses are better equipped to manage the unpredictable nature of risky research projects. But I promised to pick a winner in this specific duel, and the choice is very clear. IonQ has already proven its ability to win long-term development contracts and actually deliver a few systems to real-world customers. Moreover, this company has enough cash reserves to make it a couple of years without being forced to raise extra cash in uncomfortable ways. The Quantum Computing company doesn't have that luxury. So I would much rather own IonQ stock than Quantum Computing shares. Your mileage may vary, but the smaller company is too risky for my blood.
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It’s easy to fall in love with a recipe. Maybe it’s a dish you can rely on for a quick and easy dinner. Or it’s something that comes to mind whenever you’re in the mood to celebrate. I tend to repeat recipes like a favorite song, sometimes returning to the same dish multiple times a week. I must have made former cooking columnist Ben Mims’ California veggie sandwiches at least 100 times. And I have cherished recipes that I associate with specific friends and events. For potlucks, there’s this roasted potato salad I’ve been making since former L.A. Times Test Kitchen director Noelle Carter shared the recipe in 2008. And this onion chili crisp dip from Mims is a hit at every party and tailgate. If you need a little inspiration for your new favorites, here’s a rundown of our most clicked-on recipes of the year. They range from a versatile soup you can eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner, to a nonalcoholic version of the espresso martini. Roman-Style Chickpea Soup With Bulgur by Michelle Huneven Panes Con Pollo by Karla Vasquez Diep Tran’s Creamy White Beans in Lemongrass Coconut Broth Okra Gumbo by Michael Twitty Rashida Holmes’ Macaroni and Cheese Pie Mary Sue Milliken’s Fennel and Herb Grilled Ribs Salvadoran Sopa de Res by Karla Vasquez Highly Likely’s NA-spresso Martini Moroccan Chickpea Tagine by Steve Sando Osteria Mamma’s ‘Midnight Spaghetti’ Nonna’s Meatball Sandwich by Owen Han Kismet’s Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner Soup And in addition to our most popular recipes, we’re sharing some of our staff favorites below. Eating out this week? Sign up for Tasting Notes to get our restaurant experts’ insights and off-the-cuff takes on where they’re dining right now. Salpicón de Res Reporter Cindy Carcamo’s favorite recipe is this Salvadoran minced beef salad. She writes: “To me, it’s the ultimate comfort food because it reminds me of home. Eating this dish takes me back to warm summer days in Chatsworth, where I grew up after my Guatemalan family settled in the U.S. My mom and aunties made a similar Guatemalan version of this savory and citrusy dish, which is a surprisingly light and perfect weekend meal, sitting poolside with my family in the Valley.” Get the recipe. Cook time: 55 minutes. Serves 4 to 6. Rashida Holmes’ Macaroni and Cheese Pie Assistant Food Editor Danielle Dorsey’s favorite recipe is also one of the most popular of the year. Rashida Holmes makes a macaroni and cheese pie at Bridgetown Roti, her Caribbean American pop-up turned restaurant earlier this year. It has an irresistible crust, and there’s cheese sauce in every nook and cranny of the noodles. Holmes uses curry powder and a specific blend of five cheeses that includes pepper Jack, Gouda and Parmesan. Get the recipe. Cook time: 1 hour, 15 minutes. Serves 10 to 12. Marinated Feta With Spice-Roasted Tomatoes and Grapefruit Kismet chefs Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson shared a few recipes from their new cookbook “Kismet: Bright, Fresh, Vegetable-Loving Recipes.” In what may not seem like an obvious combination, Kramer and Hymanson pair sweet roasted tomatoes and fresh grapefruit with creamy marinated feta. The savory fruit salad recipe is one of Deputy Food Editor Betty Hallock’s favorites. Get the recipe. Cook time: 40 minutes. Serves 4 Dunsmoor’s Lowcountry Risotto Another of Hallock’s favorites is the Lowcountry risotto from Dunsmoor, Brian Dunsmoor’s Glassell Park restaurant. The recipe requires you to make both a shrimp paste and shrimp stock, but both are more than worth the extra effort. Get the recipe. Cook time: 2 hours, 30 minutes. Serves 6 to 8. Pasjoli’s Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich Last year, I declared that Dave Beran’s grilled cheese sandwich, known as the Croque Matthieu at his Santa Monica restaurant, is the best grilled cheese sandwich in the universe . I stand by this statement. It has the simplicty of jambon beurre, the decadence of French onion soup and the thrill of a great grilled cheese, all in one sandwich. And even when I make it at home, it still tastes like the best grilled cheese sandwich in the universe. Get the recipe. Cook time: 2 hours, 25 minutes. Makes 2 (7-inch) sandwiches.NoneJERUSALEM — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization's director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured. "The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media. He added that he and U.N. colleagues were safe. "We will need to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before we can leave," he said, without mentioning the source of the bombardment. U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay later said the injured person was with the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service. Israel's army later told The Associated Press it wasn't aware that the WHO chief or delegation were at the location in Yemen. Smoke rises Thursday from the area around the International Airport after an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. The Israeli strikes followed several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel. The Israeli military said in a statement it attacked infrastructure used by the Iran-backed Houthis at the international airport in Sanaa and ports in Hodeida, Al-Salif and Ras Qantib, along with power stations, claiming they were used to smuggle in Iranian weapons and for the entry of senior Iranian officials. Israel's military added it had "capabilities to strike very far from Israel's territory — precisely, powerfully, and repetitively." The strikes, carried out more than 1,000 miles from Jerusalem, came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "the Houthis, too, will learn what Hamas and Hezbollah and Assad's regime and others learned" as his military has battled those more powerful proxies of Iran. The Houthi-controlled satellite channel al-Masirah reported multiple deaths and showed broken windows, collapsed ceilings and a bloodstained floor and vehicle. Iran's foreign ministry condemned the strikes. The U.S. military also targeted the Houthis in recent days. The U.N. says the targeted ports are important entryways for humanitarian aid for Yemen, the poorest Arab nation that plunged into a civil war in 2014. Over the weekend, 16 people were wounded when a Houthi missile hit a playground in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, while other missiles and drones were shot down. Last week, Israeli jets struck Sanaa and Hodeida, killing nine people, calling it a response to previous Houthi attacks. The Houthis also have been targeting shipping on the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. Security Council has an emergency meeting Monday in response to an Israeli request that it condemn the Houthi attacks and Iran for supplying them weapons. Relatives and friends mourn over the bodies of five Palestinian journalists Thursday who were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah. Meanwhile, an Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in Gaza overnight, the territory's Health Ministry said. The strike hit a car outside Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The journalists worked for local news outlet Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group. Islamic Jihad is a smaller and more extreme ally of Hamas and took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel that ignited the war. Israel's military identified four of the men as combat propagandists and said that intelligence, including a list of Islamic Jihad operatives found by soldiers in Gaza, confirmed that all five were affiliated with the group. Associated Press footage showed the incinerated shell of a van, with press markings visible on the back doors. The Committee to Protect Journalists says more than 130 Palestinian reporters have been killed since the start of the war. Israel hasn't allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza except on military embeds. Israel banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accuses six of its Gaza reporters of being militants. The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to silence its war coverage, which has focused heavily on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations. Mourners cry Thursday while they take the last look at the body of a relative, one of eight Palestinians killed, during their funeral in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Separately, Israel's military said a 35-year-old reserve soldier was killed during fighting in central Gaza. A total of 389 soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ground operation. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed across the border, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250. About 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead. Israel's air and ground offensive has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry. It says more than half the fatalities are women and children, but doesn't say how many of the dead were fighters. The offensive caused widespread destruction and hunger and drove around 90% of the population of 2.3 million from their homes. Hundreds of thousands are packed into squalid camps along the coast, with little protection from the cold, wet winter. Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The Israeli military said it opened fire after militants attacked soldiers, and it was aware of uninvolved civilians who were harmed in the raid. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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Faith meets magnitude: India preps for 400 million pilgrims heading to sacred mega-festival Kumbh MelaThe AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — LJ Thomas had 25 points in Austin Peay’s 62-50 win over Georgia State on Tuesday. Thomas added five assists for the Governors (4-2). Tekao Carpenter scored 12 points while finishing 4 of 9 from 3-point range. The Panthers (3-3) were led by Zarigue Nutter, who recorded 17 points. Malachi Brown added 10 points and two steals for Georgia State. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .