Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. IONQ scored 22.7, DELL scored 70.9 — DELL leads.
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IONQ
IonQ, Inc.
Computer Hardware · Quality-Growth
22.7
$39.89 · $16.2B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
48.2
DELL leads
DELL
Dell Technologies Inc.
Computer Hardware · Quality-Growth
70.9
$586.06 · $372.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthIONQ+201.9%
Highest qualityDELL83 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
IONQ
stronger →← stronger
DELL
18
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
100
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
87
6
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
49
DELL is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
IONQ
DELL
-$484mF
FCF
$8.6bB+
+201.9%A
Rev
+49.0%A
0.02A
D/E
Negative equity
65.6xD
P/S
—
—
PEG
0.58A-
—
P/E
33.4xB
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
IONQ
DELL
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
228% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~41%/yr
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1-yr DCF upside
-73%
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5-yr DCF upside
-70%
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10-yr DCF upside
-65%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
IONQ
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
DELL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
IONQIonQ, Inc.
Computer Hardware · $39.89 · beta 3.36
Why now
Computer Hardware · market cap $16.2b. Down 53% from 52-week high of $84.64 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +202% — in hypergrowth territory. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $66.63 (implying +67% upside).
Moat
Higher-variance name — the moat signals on the quantitative card are modest, so the durability case rests on execution (turning current growth into durable earnings power) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than an entrenched competitive position.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$484m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Down 53% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 3.36 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
DELLDell Technologies Inc.
Computer Hardware · $586.06 · beta 1.44
Why now
Computer Hardware · market cap $372.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $595.51 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +49% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.58 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 25 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $585.96 (implying -0% upside).
Moat
$372.6b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Trading within 2% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Beta 1.44 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where IONQ and DELL diverge
On the headline score the gap is 48.2 points in favor of DELL. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityIONQ 18.2 · DELL 82.9DELL +64.7
ValueIONQ 6.4 · DELL 49.4DELL +43.0
GrowthIONQ 100.0 · DELL 87.1IONQ +12.9
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DELL or IONQ the better stock?
DELL scores higher: DELL 70.9, IONQ 22.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DELL and IONQ differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where DELL leads by 65 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are DELL and IONQ scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.