IonQ's Elisity Deal And What It Means For The Company
IonQ agreed to buy cybersecurity company Elisity in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.3 billion, sending its shares down 9% on October 12. The article says the dilution from issuing stock helps explain why investors reacted negatively at first. It contends that IonQ's deals should be assessed collectively as attempts to overcome specific engineering hurdles, not as evidence of a serial acquisition strategy.
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