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GBX 10.26 -0.54 (-5.00%)
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IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, TCM, IQG, BIG, FTC, IDOX, DOTD, ACSO, and FDM

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), IQGeo Group (IQG), Big Technologies (BIG), Filtronic (FTC), IDOX (IDOX), dotdigital Group (DOTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), and FDM Group (FDM). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Nanoco Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled IQE'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nanoco Group Neutral
IQE Neutral

IQE has a consensus target price of GBX 20, indicating a potential upside of 94.93%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

53.4% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of IQE shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.3% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of IQE shares are owned 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 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Nanoco GroupOutperform Votes
353
80.23%
Underperform Votes
87
19.77%
IQEOutperform Votes
501
75.00%
Underperform Votes
167
25.00%

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£5.15M3.74-£819.79K-£0.45-22.82
IQE£133.30M0.76-£23.85M-£2.35-4.36

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

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IQE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£101.57M£436.28M£25.92B£2.91B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.83%2.85%4.90%
P/E Ratio-4.368.8244.47124.58
Price / Sales0.7699.261,695.18248,060.34
Price / Cash25.3414.4634.7428.07
Price / Book0.633.536.834.64
Net Income-£23.85M£4.66M£741.34M£5.91B
7 Day Performance2.60%-0.15%-0.21%12.09%
1 Month Performance3.01%-5.08%1.64%22.37%
1 Year Performance-64.06%-46.16%52,480.55%77.35%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
N/AGBX 10.26
-5.0%
GBX 20
+94.9%
-63.4%£101.57M£133.30M-4.36577
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 11.34
-0.9%
N/A-40.2%£21.43M£5.15M-25.3846Gap Up
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
1.9585 of 5 stars
GBX 1,794
+0.2%
GBX 1,978.75
+10.3%
-29.6%£1.04B£469.46M20.382,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
TCM
Telit Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/A£307.75M£343.62M69.39820
IQG
IQGeo Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£295.50M£44.48M-20,700.00217
BIG
Big Technologies
0.9774 of 5 stars
GBX 101
-0.5%
N/A-43.4%£286.89M£53.85M22.6236,200
FTC
Filtronic
N/AGBX 131
+4.0%
N/A+126.9%£284.39M£25.43M89.77125High Trading Volume
IDOX
IDOX
2.2561 of 5 stars
GBX 56.40
flat
GBX 85.50
+51.6%
-5.6%£257.91M£81.51M46.55626News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
DOTD
dotdigital Group
2.6859 of 5 stars
GBX 84
+1.2%
GBX 150
+78.6%
-17.4%£256.72M£78.69M23.19400News Coverage
Dividend Increase
ACSO
accesso Technology Group
N/AGBX 506
flat
N/A-29.8%£252.24M£188.60M29.53672Gap Down
FDM
FDM Group
3.7051 of 5 stars
GBX 226.50
-0.2%
GBX 430
+89.8%
-43.7%£247.28M£294.27M8.135,637Positive News

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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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