IQE (IQE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IQE plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells advanced semiconductor materials. It operates through three segments: Wireless, Photonics, and CMOS++. The company manufactures and sells compound semiconductor materials for the wireless market which includes radio frequency devices for wireless communications, and photonics market, that includes applications that transmit and sense visible and infrared lights, as well as advanced semiconductor materials related to silicon. It operates in the United States, rest of the Americas, France, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Taiwan, and rest of the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 11.08 to 11.62
• 50-Day Range: 11.32 to 27.80
• 52-Week Range: 11.08 to 37
• Volume: 556,744 shs
• Average Volume: 3.37 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £111.73 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.36%
• Price Target: GBX 55
• Consensus Rating: Buy

IQE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IQE scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

IQE has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IQE has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IQE is -566.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IQE is -566.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

IQE has a PEG Ratio of 12.70. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

IQE has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IQE.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

IQE pays a meaningful dividend of 2.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

IQE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IQE.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.35

News Sentiment

IQE has a news sentiment score of 0.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for IQE this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IQE insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

19.33% of the stock of IQE is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

66.73% of the stock of IQE is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IQE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IQE shares performed this year?

IQE's stock was trading at GBX 24.50 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, IQE stock has decreased by 53.8% and is now trading at GBX 11.32.
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How were IQE's earnings last quarter?

IQE plc (LON:IQE) released its earnings results on Tuesday, September, 8th. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.08. IQE had a negative net margin of 17.89% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.93%.

How do I buy shares of IQE?

Shares of IQE stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
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What other stocks do shareholders of IQE own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that IQE investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), boohoo group (BOO), Petrofac (PFC), ValiRx (VAL), Premier Oil (PMO), IQE (IQEPF) and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/08/2020
• Today: 11/05/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:IQE
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.iqep.com
• Phone: +44-29-20839400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 577
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 55
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 55
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 55
• Potential Upside/Downside: +385.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (0.02)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.59
• P/E Growth: 12.7
• Net Income: £-23,120,000.00
• Net Margins: -17.89%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -13.93%
• Return on Assets: -3.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 49.21
• Current Ratio: 1.37
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £129.25 million
• Price / Sales: 0.85
• Cash Flow: GBX 0.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.34
• Book Value: GBX 16 per share
• Price / Book: 0.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 966,900,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £109.45 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.86