On Wall Street, Rigetti holds a Strong Buy consensus with six Buy recommendations. However, the stock’s recent surge has surpassed analysts’ projections, with a 12-month average price target of $6.10 indicating a potential 46% downside from current levels. Analysts may soon reassess their ratings and price targets for Rigetti.

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Rigetti stock is up 1,756% in the last year — but 74% overvalued. Investors who did not buy Nvidia stock before GenAI wave, fear missing out on quantum computing.

Rigetti Computing's stock is overvalued and facing tough competition, despite temporary surges driven by industry news. Click here to read why RGTI is a Strong Sell.

"Particularly because of the hype that is going on in the quantum computing space and some erroneous statements are being made, including by people in the industry, we have to tamp down some expectations," Rigetti Computing CEO Subodh Kulkarni told me on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid podcast (video above; listen in below).

Adding to the pressure, D-Wave announced on Friday that the company was going to sell up to $150 million in common shares. That move would dilute the current shareholders of the company. Early stage companies often take advantage of price increases to raise capital to invest in their research and development.

This is what's happening on Wednesday, as quantum computing investors cheer some kind words from Microsoft's strategic missions and technologies chief, Mitra Azizirad, who last night urged quantum investors to get ready, because "we are right on the cusp of seeing quantum computers solve meaningful problems and capture new business value."

How do you know as an investor that you are witnessing a borderline bubble in a stock? When a company (or companies) that has made no money ever is trading like it makes lots of money today will make even more money in the future.

Rigetti Computing is at the forefront of the quantum computing industry, but the company has a speculative stock valuation.

Shares of Rigetti Computing are trading higher by 24.8% during Tuesday's session. The stock is rebounding after recent remarks by Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg that cast doubt on quantum computing's timeline.

Rigetti Computing’s shares have surged by over 1,860% in the past six months, thanks to a marketwide uptick in all things quantum. Even so, the company’s quarterly revenue remains modest at $2.4 million in the most recent quarter,