MSFT vs. QNT: Microsoft vs. Quantinuum Stock Comparison

Company Profile

Microsoft (MSFT) and Quantinuum (QNT) both fall under the Software & Services industry group, but MSFT is classified in Software while QNT is classified in IT Services.

Microsoft (MSFT) has been public since March 13, 1986, giving it decades of market history across multiple cycles, while Quantinuum (QNT) listed only on June 4, 2026 and lacks comparable through-cycle data.

Price Performance

Cumulative Growth

Trailing Returns

Calendar-Year Returns

Performance Metrics

Risk Profile

Drawdown History

Return Distribution

Risk Metrics

Quantinuum (QNT) reports a negative beta of -2.69, suggesting inverse market sensitivity over the measurement window. That is uncommon for ordinary equities and can reflect commodity-linked or hedge-like exposure, but it can also come from statistical noise. Microsoft (MSFT) has a non-negative beta of 1.03.

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Return Positioning

Both MSFT and QNT need 1-year volatility and 1-year return to plot risk-return positioning.

Risk-Adjusted Metrics

Profitability

Capital efficiency shows on one side only: Microsoft (MSFT) earns 34.22% on shareholders’ equity, ranked against its industry; Quantinuum (QNT) has no ROE this period.

Microsoft (MSFT) at 41.17% retains a top-quartile share of revenue as profit, ahead of Quantinuum (QNT) at 0.00%, which keeps about the industry-typical share.

Quantinuum (QNT) reports a negative operating margin of -6,939.56%, usually indicating that operating costs exceeded revenue at the operating-income line. Meanwhile Microsoft (MSFT) reports 49.76%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Profitability Metrics

Growth

Quantinuum (QNT) at 34.61% sits in the top revenue growth quartile, while Microsoft (MSFT) at 17.79% is closer to the peer norm — faster top-line expansion for QNT.

Only one side can be read here: Microsoft (MSFT) reports EPS growth of 31.60%, ranked against its industry; Quantinuum (QNT) has no EPS growth figure this period.

Growth Metrics

Financial Strength

Microsoft (MSFT) at 1.23 keeps current ratio within its industry’s typical mid-range, while Quantinuum (QNT) at 15.49 sits above its industry’s typical mid-range — comfortable liquidity, though possibly with more idle current assets relative to peers.

Quantinuum (QNT) at 0.01 keeps leverage in the lower industry quartile, while Microsoft (MSFT) at 0.28 runs a more typical debt-to-equity mix.

Financial Strength Metrics

Dividends

Quantinuum (QNT) pays no dividend (yield 0.00%) — it may be reinvesting, using buybacks, or simply not returning cash through dividends. Meanwhile Microsoft (MSFT) reports a yield of 0.69%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Quantinuum (QNT) pays no dividend (payout 0.00%) — it may be reinvesting, using buybacks, or simply not returning cash through dividends. Meanwhile Microsoft (MSFT) reports a payout of 19.00%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Dividend Metrics

Valuation

An earnings multiple is available for just one side: Microsoft (MSFT) trades at 27.69 times trailing earnings, ranked against its peers, while Quantinuum (QNT) has no P/E ratio this period.

Both look expensive on sales: Microsoft (MSFT) at 11.37 sits in the upper P/S ratio quartile, and Quantinuum (QNT) at 441.11 prices even higher, above its industry range.

Microsoft (MSFT) at 8.38 sits near its industry’s typical P/B ratio, while Quantinuum (QNT) at 64.89 prices above its benchmark range — QNT looks rich relative to book.

Valuation Metrics