Quantum computing stocks are high-risk, high-reward plays, where the tech still feels futuristic, but the potential upside could be transformative

Rigetti Computing and IonQ use different approaches to quantum computing. Both companies have adequate cash levels to fund current operations. Of these two, is one a more attractive stock to buy? Although quantum computing is still a few years away from being widely used commercially,

IonQ will acquire its British peer Oxford Ionics for $1.08 billion, the companies said on Monday, helping the U.S.-based quantum computing firm deepen its research expertise in the complex technology that is seeing booming investor interest.