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IQE (IQE) Competitors

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GBX 7.81 +0.02 (+0.26%)
As of 09/23/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, BIG, SWG, IDOX, EPO, WNWD, MCGN, KCT, and FNX

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), Shearwater Group (SWG), IDOX (IDOX), Earthport (EPO), Windward (WNWD), Microgen (MCGN), Kin and Carta (KCT), and Fonix Mobile (FNX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

IQE vs. Its Competitors

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

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
IQE-17.89% -14.21% -3.31%
Nanoco Group -15.91%419.06%-74.97%

IQE presently has a consensus price target of GBX 20, suggesting a potential upside of 156.08%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
0.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IQE£118.03M0.64-£23.85M-£0.04-197.22
Nanoco Group£7.37M2.54-£819.79K-£0.02-690.00

52.0% of IQE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Nanoco Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of IQE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 4 more articles in the media than Nanoco Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IQE and 0 mentions for Nanoco Group. Nanoco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat IQE's score of -0.40 indicating that Nanoco Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
IQE Neutral
Nanoco Group Neutral

Summary

IQE beats Nanoco Group on 9 of the 16 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£75.86M£464.18M£32.75B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.85%3.14%5.33%
P/E Ratio-197.22441.28452.755,405.27
Price / Sales0.6479.741,857.5697,176.40
Price / Cash25.3414.4638.4827.93
Price / Book0.483.567.309.12
Net Income-£23.85M£4.66M£810.65M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.51%6.60%2.49%1.08%
1 Month Performance-16.13%4.22%7.48%3.03%
1 Year Performance-54.00%-26.01%24,156.36%193.30%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
1.9491 of 5 stars
GBX 7.81
+0.3%
GBX 20
+156.1%
-53.5%£75.86M£118.03M-197.22577Earnings Report
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 10.90
+1.4%
N/A-13.8%£19.71M£7.37M-726.6746
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
0.8466 of 5 stars
GBX 1,810
-1.1%
GBX 1,731.67
-4.3%
-8.4%£1.04B£500.60M4,085.782,000Positive News
BIG
Big Technologies
0.2728 of 5 stars
GBX 85.80
-2.1%
GBX 80
-6.8%
-22.9%£251.10M£50.31M10,725.0036,200
SWG
Shearwater Group
N/AGBX 52
-4.6%
N/A+63.4%£248.30M£23.44M-429.7594
IDOX
IDOX
1.8431 of 5 stars
GBX 53.38
-3.0%
GBX 85.50
+60.2%
-15.1%£243.38M£89.46M3,924.63626
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
MCGN
Microgen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£224.83M£70.29M17.09N/A
KCT
Kin and Carta
N/AN/AN/AN/A£224.56M£192.01M-1,178.181,822
FNX
Fonix Mobile
2.4207 of 5 stars
GBX 223.25
+1.2%
GBX 293
+31.2%
-9.1%£221.22M£75.18M2,029.5545News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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