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IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch

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Key takeaways

  • IonQ, SoundHound, and Unity all head into Thursday's earnings after brutal selloffs, yet each stock carries a completely different set of make-or-break questions that could send shares soaring or accelerate the pain.
  • Exposed: DIA, QQQ, IWM, RSP, VTI
  • Market reaction: DIA +2.5% on the day (still updating); QQQ +1.2% on the day (still updating); RSP +1.1% on the day (still updating)

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IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch

IonQ, SoundHound, and Unity all head into Thursday's earnings after brutal selloffs, yet each stock carries a completely different set of make-or-break questions that could send shares soaring or accelerate the pain.

Directly affected

  • IONQ IonQ-29.5% 30d

    Named in this report.

  • U Unity Software-8.2% 30d

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF+0.1% 30d

    SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ-9.8% 30d

    Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR+9.2% 14d

    Technology Select Sector SPDR holds the technology sector that IonQ belongs to, so it often moves with news about it.

  • IOT Samsara+5.2% 30d

    Samsara is a peer of IonQ in computer integrated systems design; rivals often move on the same news.

  • LDOS Leidos Holdings+11.7% 15d

    Leidos Holdings is a peer of IonQ in computer integrated systems design; rivals often move on the same news.

  • GDDY GoDaddy+12.5% 30d

    GoDaddy is a peer of IonQ in computer integrated systems design; rivals often move on the same news.

  • CACI CACI International+7.7% 30d

    CACI International is a peer of IonQ in computer integrated systems design; rivals often move on the same news.

  • JKHY Jack Henry & Associates+8.8% 30d

    Jack Henry & Associates is a peer of IonQ in computer integrated systems design; rivals often move on the same news.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
IONQ+8.17%+0.22%base+0.73%after closeafter closeafter close
U-2.47%-6.91%base+2.70%after closeafter closeafter close
DIA+1.47%-0.00%base+2.47%after closeafter closeafter close
QQQ+5.88%+0.76%base+1.20%after closeafter closeafter close
XLK+8.28%+1.71%base+0.39%after closeafter closeafter close
IOT+4.65%+2.31%base+4.60%after closeafter closeafter close
LDOS+4.19%+6.47%base-0.05%after closeafter closeafter close
GDDY-6.38%+3.17%base+3.49%after closeafter closeafter close
CACI-2.16%-0.68%base-3.83%after closeafter closeafter close
JKHY-2.12%-0.01%base+7.95%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch Yahoo Finance

Source: Yahoo Finance

The price since 4 Nov 2026: Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA) versus the S&P 500

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
CACIthat day-3.83%still updating
CACIthree days earlier-0.68%final price
CACIfive days earlier-2.16%final price
Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)that day+2.47%still updating
Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)three days earlier-0.00%final price
Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)five days earlier+1.47%final price
GDDYthat day+3.49%still updating
GDDYthree days earlier+3.17%final price
GDDYfive days earlier-6.38%final price
IONQthat day+0.73%still updating
IONQthree days earlier+0.22%final price
IONQfive days earlier+8.17%final price
IOTthat day+4.60%still updating
IOTthree days earlier+2.31%final price
IOTfive days earlier+4.65%final price
JKHYthat day+7.95%still updating
JKHYthree days earlier-0.01%final price
JKHYfive days earlier-2.12%final price
LDOSthat day-0.05%still updating
LDOSthree days earlier+6.47%final price
LDOSfive days earlier+4.19%final price
Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)that day+1.20%still updating
Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)three days earlier+0.76%final price
Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)five days earlier+5.88%final price
Uthat day+2.70%still updating
Uthree days earlier-6.91%final price
Ufive days earlier-2.47%final price
XLKthat day+0.39%still updating
XLKthree days earlier+1.71%final price
XLKfive days earlier+8.28%final price

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Who gains and who loses around Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

Companies mentioned with this story

  • DIA Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust

    In “IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch,” Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

  • QQQ Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1

    In “IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch,” Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

  • IWM Ishares Tr

    In “IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch,” Ishares Tr (IWM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares Russell 2000 ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

  • RSP Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T

    In “IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch,” Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T (RSP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

  • VTI Vanguard Index Fds

    Vanguard Index Fds (VTI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 4 Nov 2026 story “IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch.” Reason on file: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

“IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch” (4 Nov 2026) reaches Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA) through this story.

For Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA), the reason on file says SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

A second company, Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ), is listed for a different reason: Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “investors” (the broad US market) in this story

Dates and price levels for Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

DIA traded between 504.92 and 522.62 across 18 sessions. The latest close on file is 515.65. IWM traded between 269.88 and 285.25 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 279.20. QQQ traded between 680.34 and 757.18 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 685.32.

What the saved facts support for Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

40 out of 100Price not final

“IonQ, SoundHound and Unity Earnings Previews: What Investors Should Watch” scores 40 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 5 linked companies. The price is not final yet.