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GBX 11.32
-0.42 (-3.58%)
(As of 11/4/2024 09:22 PM ET)

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

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

IQE vs.

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

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

In the previous week, IQE had 15 more articles in the media than Nanoco Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for IQE and 1 mentions for Nanoco Group. Nanoco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat IQE's score of 0.25 indicating that Nanoco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IQE
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Nanoco Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Nanoco Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
IQE£129.25M0.85-£23.12M-£0.02-566.00
Nanoco Group£8.01M2.53£14.92M£0.04277.00

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
IQE-17.89% -13.93% -3.31%
Nanoco Group 186.26%137.99%-74.97%

IQE presently has a consensus price target of GBX 55, suggesting a potential upside of 385.87%. Given IQE's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IQE is more favorable than Nanoco Group.

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

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

Summary

Nanoco Group beats IQE on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IQE vs. The Competition

MetricIQESemiconductor Equipment & Materials IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£109.45M£484.87M£22.53B£1.43B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.77%2.78%11.84%
P/E Ratio-566.00257.46255.571,583.79
Price / Sales0.8589.113,435.34219,591.47
Price / Cash25.3414.4630.8026.80
Price / Book0.713.696.572.91
Net Income-£23.12M£13.95M£657.05M£157.60M
7 Day Performance-2.58%-3.14%-0.78%0.78%
1 Month Performance-42.71%-12.79%0.41%-0.48%
1 Year Performance-26.59%-18.10%18.25%115.76%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
2.7913 of 5 stars
GBX 11.32
-3.6%
GBX 55
+385.9%
-26.6%£109.45M£129.25M-566.00577Gap Down
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 11.25
+4.0%
N/A-34.8%£20.61M£8.01M281.2546Gap Down
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
N/AGBX 2,170
+0.9%
GBX 2,648.33
+22.0%
+11.4%£1.26B£470.40M2,523.262,000Gap Down
FDM
FDM Group
1.697 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 430
+∞
-25.7%£396.29M£294.27M1,273.215,637
BIG
Big Technologies
2.388 of 5 stars
GBX 133.50
+3.1%
GBX 345
+158.4%
-23.9%£391.13M£54.45M3,337.5036,200Gap Up
TCM
Telit Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/A£307.75M£343.62M69.39820
MIDW
Midwich Group
3.0302 of 5 stars
GBX 292
+2.8%
GBX 620
+112.3%
-23.9%£298.75M£1.32B1,327.271,900Gap Down
IQG
IQGeo Group
N/AN/AN/A+87.5%£295.50M£44.48M-20,700.00217
IDOX
IDOX
1.2829 of 5 stars
GBX 60
-0.3%
GBX 80.50
+34.2%
-2.3%£276.11M£80.64M6,000.00626
DOTD
dotdigital Group
2.4018 of 5 stars
GBX 86.60
-2.4%
GBX 150
+73.2%
+4.8%£265.73M£74.15M2,165.00400Dividend Increase
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VID
Videndum
2.647 of 5 stars
GBX 282
+0.4%
GBX 450
+59.6%
-10.4%£265.62M£295.20M-655.811,700News Coverage

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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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