ARQQ vs UIS vs QUBT Stock Comparison

Arqit Quantum, Unisys and Quantum Computing Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ARQQ Arqit Quantum Inc.
$18.04 -26.7% 1M -61.6% 1Y
Market cap
$275.86M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Quantum Computing Technology
UIS Unisys Corp
$2.62 +12.9% 1M -30.3% 1Y
Market cap
$191.04M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.95B
Div. yield
–
IT Services Technology
4 wins
QUBT Quantum Computing Inc.
$6.87 -23.3% 1M -56.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.55B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$9.82M
Div. yield
–
Quantum Computing Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Unisys leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Unisys 4, Quantum Computing 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARQQUISQUBTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $275.86M $191.04M $1.55B QUBT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -0.5x -103.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 4.2x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -0.6% +3,635.4% QUBT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -21.7% -152.5% UIS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.4% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -61.6% -30.3% -56.3% UIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -47.4%/yr -36.2%/yr +1.6%/yr QUBT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 111.1% 64.7% 89.1% UIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 37/100 33/100 UIS

Percentile Scorecard

ARQQUISQUBT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisARQQUISQUBT
Valuation – 96 #3 of 50 25 #93 of 124
Growth – 16 #38 of 45 29 #81 of 113
Profitability – 28 #30 of 41 18 #90 of 109
Financial Health 83 #23 of 127 10 #56 of 62 93 #10 of 127
Shareholder Returns – – 0 #65 of 65
Overall – 37 33
  • ARQQ ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • UIS ranked among 66 companies in Technology Services
  • QUBT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodARQQUISQUBTSPY
1 month -26.7%+12.9%-23.3% -0.2%
3 months +2.8%-23.8%-11.0% +3.9%
6 months +28.0%-1.5%-19.8% +8.2%
Year to date -17.6%-5.1%-33.0% +12.9%
1 year -61.6%-30.3%-56.3% +12.3%
3 years +71.4%-5.1%+925.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +19.7%-1.7%+117.4% +23.3%
5 years -96.0%-89.4%+8.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year -47.4%-36.2%+1.6% +10.9%
10 years —-74.8%+3,335.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-12.9%+42.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARQQUISQUBTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 111.1%64.7%89.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 102.6%59.8%85.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.071.873.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.55-0.47-0.63 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-92.4%-94.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.6%-45.2%-58.9% -1.2%
52-week high $47.04$4.78$16.71 $779.14
52-week low $11.78$2.00$6.31 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleARQQUISQUBT
P/E now vs peer median —median 38.6x -0.5xmedian 17.4x -103.1xmedian 38.6x
P/S now vs peer median —median 4.4x 0.1xmedian 0.7x 158.3xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 34.5x 6.2xmedian 10.7x -8.8xmedian 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 29.4x 2.5xmedian 11.5x -30.2xmedian 29.4x
P/B now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 3.3x -0.5xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 0.03median 1.51 -2.56median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsARQQUISQUBT
Revenue – $1.95B $9.82M
Gross profit – $541.60M -$1.86M
Operating income – $26.40M -$76.18M
Net income – -$421.80M -$14.98M
Free cash flow – $76.30M -$51.48M
R&D – $23.50M $26.91M
EPS (diluted) – $-5.78 $-0.07
Cash & equivalents $28.86M $324.30M $189.15M
Total debt – $2.90B –
Shares (diluted) 13.79M 72.91M 224.73M
Enterprise value $166.54M -$1.23B -$2.06B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricARQQUISQUBT
P/E – -0.5x -103.1x
P/FCF – 2.5x -30.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 1.7x -36.1x
P/S – 0.1x 158.3x
P/B 9.7x -0.5x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 10.4x -0.5x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA – 6.2x -8.8x
EV/EBIT – 22.7x -7.9x
EV/Revenue – 0.3x 61.2x
EV/FCF – 7.9x -11.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 5.3x -14.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.03 -2.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARQQUISQUBT
Revenue growth (1Y) – -0.6% 3,635%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -1.1% 230.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -2.9% -2,367%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.6% -158.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -71.1% -132.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -34.0% -36.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – -412.5% 80.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -19.8% 18.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – -405.2% 87.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -16.9% 40.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 164.4% -128.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -5.9% -41.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 136.7% -105.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -10.3% -45.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARQQUISQUBT
Gross margin – 27.8% -18.9%
EBITDA margin – 5.0% -697.4%
Operating margin – 1.4% -775.5%
Pretax margin – -18.2% -152.5%
Net margin – -21.7% -152.5%
FCF margin – 3.9% -524.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 5.8% -438.3%
Return on equity – – -0.9%
Return on assets – -25.0% -0.9%
Return on invested capital – 6.4% –
Return on capital employed – 2.4% -4.7%
Asset turnover – 1.2x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.3x 2.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 86.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARQQUISQUBT
Debt / assets – 44.7% –
Debt / equity – -2.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.2x –
Debt / FCF – 9.6x –
Liabilities / assets 21.3% 122.4% 2.9%
Equity / assets 78.7% -22.4% 97.1%
Interest coverage – 0.4x -577.1x
Current ratio 4.9x 1.4x 53.1x
Quick ratio 4.9x 1.2x 51.7x
Cash ratio 4.4x 0.5x 51.3x
Altman Z-score – -0.75 20.14

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARQQUISQUBT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -77.1%
Shareholder yield – – -77.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusARQQUISQUBT
Forward P/E – 4.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.46FY2026 $0.63FY2026 $-0.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -32.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +71.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.41MFY2026 $2.05BFY2026 $29.28MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +355.4%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026 +4,193.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +208.4% -2.3% +84.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARQQUISQUBT
Held by institutions 89.2% 79.2% 45.4%
Institutions holding 65 152 313
Change in shares held, QoQ +205.7% -0.4% +10.7%
Institutions buying 41 83 195
Institutions selling 11 37 61
Buyers to sellers 3.73 2.24 3.20

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ARQQUISQUBT
ARQQ 1.00 0.20 0.65
UIS 0.20 1.00 0.31
QUBT 0.65 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARQQ, UIS and QUBT?

Quantum Computing (QUBT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) $275.86M, Unisys (UIS) $191.04M, Quantum Computing (QUBT) $1.55B.

Which company is growing faster?

Quantum Computing (QUBT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Unisys (UIS) -0.6%, Quantum Computing (QUBT) +3,635.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Unisys (UIS) has the highest net margin (Unisys (UIS) -21.7%, Quantum Computing (QUBT) -152.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Unisys (UIS) returned the most: Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) -61.6%, Unisys (UIS) -30.3%, Quantum Computing (QUBT) -56.3%. Over five years, Quantum Computing (QUBT) compounded fastest (Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) -47.4%/yr, Unisys (UIS) -36.2%/yr, Quantum Computing (QUBT) +1.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Unisys (UIS) has been the steadiest (Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) 111.1%, Unisys (UIS) 64.7%, Quantum Computing (QUBT) 89.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARQQ, UIS and QUBT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Unisys (UIS) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.