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GBX 7.50 +0.10 (+1.35%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, TCM, FTC, IQG, BIG, SWG, IDOX, EPO, and WNWD

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

IQE vs. Its Competitors

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

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

IQE has a consensus price target of GBX 20, suggesting a potential upside of 166.67%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, IQE had 31 more articles in the media than Nanoco Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for IQE and 2 mentions for Nanoco Group. Nanoco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat IQE's score of 0.19 indicating that Nanoco Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Nanoco Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nanoco Group£7.37M2.70-£819.79K-£0.02-733.33
IQE£118.03M0.62-£23.85M-£0.04-189.39

1.7% of Nanoco Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of IQE shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Nanoco Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of IQE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nanoco Group-15.91% 419.06% -74.97%
IQE -17.89%-14.21%-3.31%

Summary

IQE beats Nanoco Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IQE vs. The Competition

MetricIQESemiconductor Equipment & Materials IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£72.28M£409.83M£31.24B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.85%3.16%5.30%
P/E Ratio-189.39418.42439.725,410.94
Price / Sales0.6279.942,020.5096,613.70
Price / Cash25.3414.4636.9427.93
Price / Book0.463.467.247.77
Net Income-£23.85M£4.66M£808.32M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-12.79%0.10%3.57%6.51%
1 Month Performance-17.85%-2.36%4.71%55.22%
1 Year Performance-61.73%-33.63%24,377.12%154.12%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
2.276 of 5 stars
GBX 7.50
+1.4%
GBX 20
+166.7%
-61.7%£72.28M£118.03M-189.39577News Coverage
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 11.85
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£21.43M£7.37M-790.0746News Coverage
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
1.5644 of 5 stars
GBX 1,768
-2.4%
GBX 1,731.67
-2.1%
-17.4%£1.02B£500.60M3,990.972,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
TCM
Telit Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/A£307.75M£343.62M69.39820
FTC
Filtronic
N/AGBX 140
-1.8%
N/A+83.5%£306.71M£56.32M2,314.05125
IQG
IQGeo Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£295.50M£44.48M-20,700.00217
BIG
Big Technologies
0.2048 of 5 stars
GBX 90.27
+0.1%
GBX 80
-11.4%
-28.1%£262.04M£50.31M11,283.8836,200News Coverage
Gap Down
SWG
Shearwater Group
N/AGBX 53.65
-3.3%
N/A+38.5%£256.18M£23.44M-443.3994Gap Down
IDOX
IDOX
1.6964 of 5 stars
GBX 55.50
+2.0%
GBX 85.50
+54.1%
-11.5%£253.07M£89.46M4,080.88626Gap Down
EPO
Earthport
N/AN/AN/AN/A£240.49M£32.56M-20.94214Gap Up
WNWD
Windward
N/AN/AN/AN/A£233.00M£43.06M-30.55170Gap Down

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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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