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Q/C Technologies, Inc.

$QCLS·$5M·Software - Services·Technology
$2.32-1.3%YTD-28.7%1Y-40.5%
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2026-08-22: 1 posts2026-08-23: 1 posts42-2%
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QCQCLS
$QCLSQ/C Technologies, Inc.
$2.32-1.28%42 posts-2%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $QCLS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Too early to tellWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-31

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Q/C Technologies — micro-cap pivoting from dropped crypto-mining laser business into photonic-AI-inference, X frames as Martin Shkreli hiring IonQ engineers.

Q/C Technologies is a tiny Nasdaq-listed technology micro-cap in a mid-pivot from a discontinued crypto-mining hardware strategy into a nascent photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC) / optical-AI-inference initiative. The equity is a story-stock lottery ticket with no revenue history.

  • Revenue is functionally zero: Q1 2026 $0, Q4 2025 $0, Q3 2025 $0, Q2 2025 $0 — the company has no commercial revenue in the past four quarters, and analyst FY26 revenue estimate is not disclosed by any covering analyst (zero analyst coverage).
  • Fundamentals are broken-story shape: P/E -3.0, P/S 0 (no revenue), ROIC -27%, ROE -60%, FCF yield -126% (the business burns more than its market cap in cash per year), EV/EBITDA -0.9 — the operational math is unsustainable at any medium-term horizon.
  • The Jul 2 8-K is the specific strategic pivot: Q/C terminated its Technology License and Development Agreement with LightSolver effective Jun 26, ending the exclusive license to commercialize LightSolver LPUs (laser processing units) for crypto-mining — the prior strategy is dead.
  • The new photonic-AI positioning is the story bullish flow anchors on: Jul 1 headquarters relocation to San Francisco 'for photonic computing and optical AI inference,' plus Aug 4 hire of Yossef Ehrlichman as founding manager of PIC development — narrative-forming, not yet revenue-generating.
  • Structural setup is extreme: 1.6M-share float (tiny), beta 2.1, position at 0.8% of 52-week range (i.e., near 52-week lows), 6.5% of float traded 30-day — a micro-cap coiled tape where a specific news event could move the equity 50%+ in either direction.

What breaks the coil upward is a specific photonic-AI-inference customer or defense-agency contract announcement plus a completed capital raise that funds through 2027 — both ratify the pivot as executable. What extends the drift is another quarter of zero revenue with fresh dilution below $2, keeping this a story-only micro-cap dependent on the next capital raise.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X take — Martin Shkreli hiring former IonQ engineers to build an integrated photonics lab and proprietary optical processing unit, $3.65-$4 breakout attempt with talk of a squeeze toward $5, enthusiasm on the pivot from quantum shorting to real R&D with small speculative positions — captures the micro-cap-pivot-lottery setup exactly.

What to watch: A specific photonic-AI-inference customer or defense-agency contract announcement plus a completed capital raise breaks the coil upward; another zero-revenue quarter with fresh dilution below $2 extends the drift.

no analyst estimatesno earnings date

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-08

Quantum Computing & Communications chatter centers on Martin Shkreli hiring former IonQ engineers to build an integrated photonics lab and a proprietary optical processing unit. Contributors flag a $3.65 to $4 breakout attempt with talk of a squeeze toward $5. Enthusiasm is high on the pivot from quantum shorting to real R&D, though positions are small and speculative.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Holds exclusive rights to LightSolver's laser-based computing system targeting cryptocurrency mining with up to 90% energy reduction vs. GPUs.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $QCLS.

Software - Services · Technology

AI-enabled workflow automation is lifting ARR in vertically focused SaaS; pricing power is holding where switching costs are high. The bull case is execution on AI integration, not multiple expansion.

What this means for $QCLS

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Q/C Technologies, Inc.

Industry benchmark

4-name peer basket
+8.6%YTD
-30.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-3.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-26.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
0.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-126%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-60.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
0.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 18, 2026$-0.81——
Q2 2026Aug 12, 2026$-0.19——
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$-2.50——

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$0———$-0.19$-3.3M
Q4 FY25$0———$-0.85$-3.2M
Q3 FY25$0———$-2.50$-1.2M
Q2 FY25$0———$-17.66$-2.1M

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.1%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-26.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-39.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 1.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today11.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.115-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyMar 30Voss Chelsea SierraDirector1.8K sh$6K
+ 6 other (6 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 173
AI summary

Q/C Technologies (QCLS) filed a Form 3 for Charles Todd Fagan, its Chief Financial Officer, establishing his initial Section 16 ownership report effective August 11, 2026. Fagan beneficially owns no Q/C Technologies securities at the time of this filing. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

8-KAgreement terminatedJul 28-K — Item 1.02: Agreement terminated · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Q/C Technologies terminated its Technology License and Development Agreement with LightSolver effective June 26, 2026, ending the exclusive license to commercialize LightSolver laser processing hardware (LPUs) for cryptocurrency mining applications. Material agreement termination ending QCLS's crypto mining hardware strategy.

8-KMaterial eventMar 138-K — Item 4.01
+ 5 other (2 10-Qs · 2 10-Ks · 1 NT 10-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Q/C Technologies Appoints Veteran Silicon Photonics Engineer Yossef Ehrlichman as Founding Manager, Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Developmentglobenewswire.com·28d agoQ/C Technologies Relocates Headquarters to San Francisco in Proximity to World-Class Engineering Experts for Photonic Computing and Optical AI Inference Initiativeglobenewswire.com·62d agoQ/C Technologies Relocates Headquarters to San Francisco in Proximity to World-Class Engineering Experts for Photonic Computing and Optical AI Inference Initiativeglobenewswire.com·63d ago

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