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IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, BIG, FDM, TCM, IQG, IDOX, MIDW, DOTD, and EPO

Should you be buying IQE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQE include Nanoco Group (NANO), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Big Technologies (BIG), FDM Group (FDM), Telit Communications (TCM), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), Midwich Group (MIDW), dotdigital Group (DOTD), and Earthport (EPO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

IQE vs.

Nanoco Group (LON:NANO) and IQE (LON:IQE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

53.4% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of IQE shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.3% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of IQE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Nanoco Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IQE. IQE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nanoco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nanoco Group£8.01M2.63£14.92M£0.04287.53
IQE£129.25M0.78-£23.12M-£0.02-524.00

IQE has a consensus price target of GBX 55, indicating a potential upside of 424.81%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IQE is more favorable than Nanoco Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nanoco Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
IQE
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Nanoco Group has a net margin of 186.26% compared to IQE's net margin of -17.89%. Nanoco Group's return on equity of 137.99% beat IQE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nanoco Group186.26% 137.99% -74.97%
IQE -17.89%-13.93%-3.31%

Nanoco Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQE has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

IQE received 147 more outperform votes than Nanoco Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.23% of users gave Nanoco Group an outperform vote while only 74.96% of users gave IQE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Nanoco GroupOutperform Votes
353
80.23%
Underperform Votes
87
19.77%
IQEOutperform Votes
500
74.96%
Underperform Votes
167
25.04%

In the previous week, IQE had 2 more articles in the media than Nanoco Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IQE and 1 mentions for Nanoco Group. Nanoco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat IQE's score of 0.07 indicating that Nanoco Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nanoco Group Positive
IQE Neutral

Summary

Nanoco Group and IQE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IQE vs. The Competition

MetricIQESemiconductor Equipment & Materials IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£101.33M£449.21M£24.14B£1.39B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.77%2.76%11.73%
P/E Ratio-524.00242.62218.631,549.53
Price / Sales0.7887.193,408.51209,150.30
Price / Cash25.3414.4633.0532.93
Price / Book0.663.646.652.80
Net Income-£23.12M£13.95M£658.63M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-0.19%-1.56%0.15%-0.55%
1 Month Performance-35.71%-17.21%0.72%7.05%
1 Year Performance-45.02%-29.94%18.91%91.75%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
2.87 of 5 stars
GBX 10.36
-1.7%
GBX 55
+430.9%
-48.6%£100.17M£129.25M-518.00577
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 11.57
+0.4%
N/A-35.4%£21.19M£8.01M288.0046News Coverage
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
2.3331 of 5 stars
GBX 1,996.24
+2.4%
GBX 2,606.67
+30.6%
-8.2%£1.16B£470.40M2,304.652,000News Coverage
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BIG
Big Technologies
2.5018 of 5 stars
GBX 135
flat
GBX 345
+155.6%
-27.8%£395.52M£54.45M3,375.0036,200
FDM
FDM Group
2.5971 of 5 stars
GBX 316.51
+0.5%
GBX 430
+35.9%
-23.5%£345.54M£294.27M1,125.005,637Gap Down
TCM
Telit Communications
N/AGBX 229
flat
N/AN/A£307.75M£343.62M69.39820
IQG
IQGeo Group
N/AGBX 478
+0.2%
N/A+98.3%£295.50M£44.48M-20,700.00217
IDOX
IDOX
1.7363 of 5 stars
GBX 62.49
+0.8%
GBX 80.50
+28.8%
+0.0%£287.55M£80.64M6,250.00626
MIDW
Midwich Group
2.8817 of 5 stars
GBX 281
-1.4%
GBX 620
+120.6%
-26.4%£287.49M£1.32B1,295.451,900Negative News
DOTD
dotdigital Group
1.8359 of 5 stars
GBX 93.20
-0.9%
GBX 150
+60.9%
-4.5%£285.98M£74.15M2,350.00400
EPO
Earthport
N/AGBX 37.70
+2.2%
N/A+0.0%£240.49M£32.56M-20.94214News Coverage
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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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