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IQE (LON:IQE) Trading Up 11.4% - Time to Buy?

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IQE plc (LON:IQE - Get Free Report)'s stock price rose 11.4% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 11.44 ($0.15) and last traded at GBX 11.10 ($0.15). Approximately 11,298,786 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 264% from the average daily volume of 3,103,313 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 9.96 ($0.13).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 20 ($0.27) price objective on shares of IQE in a research note on Thursday, February 13th.

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IQE Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.21. The firm has a market cap of £106.13 million, a PE ratio of -4.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 1.86. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 10.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 11.83.

IQE (LON:IQE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 13th. The company reported GBX (2.46) (($0.03)) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. IQE had a negative return on equity of 14.21% and a negative net margin of 17.89%. Equities analysts anticipate that IQE plc will post 0.37 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About IQE

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IQE is the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry.

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