The stocks fell hard on Wednesday, however, after Nvidia Corp.’s NVDA chief executive outlined some other realities for the quantum sector, including that quantum computers are still a ways off.

Quantum computing stocks have seen quite a run-up in recent months, but determining which companies are leading the charge can be tough to navigate.

Recently, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang made a head-turning, market-moving comment regarding his thoughts on quantum computing. Stocks in this space sold off in response. Even so ...