IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, DSCV, GOCO, WPS, JDG, STP, IMO, CER, and PAY
Should you be buying IQE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQE include Nanoco Group (NANO), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), discoverIE Group (DSCV), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), Judges Scientific (JDG), Stenprop (STP), IMImobile (IMO), Cerillion (CER), and PayPoint (PAY). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
IQE presently has a consensus target price of GBX 37.50, indicating a potential upside of 150.00%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IQE is more favorable than Nanoco Group.
Nanoco Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IQE. Nanoco Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IQE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Nanoco Group has a net margin of -15.91% compared to IQE's net margin of -17.89%. Nanoco Group's return on equity of 419.06% beat IQE's return on equity.
In the previous week, IQE had 1 more articles in the media than Nanoco Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IQE and 0 mentions for Nanoco Group. IQE's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Nanoco Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IQE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IQE received 148 more outperform votes than Nanoco Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.23% of users gave Nanoco Group an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave IQE an outperform vote.
66.7% of IQE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of IQE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IQE beats Nanoco Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
