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GBX 9.70 +0.10 (+1.04%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, FTC, TCM, IDOX, IQG, BIG, EPO, DOTD, 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), Filtronic (FTC), Telit Communications (TCM), IDOX (IDOX), IQGeo Group (IQG), Big Technologies (BIG), Earthport (EPO), dotdigital Group (DOTD), and Windward (WNWD). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of Nanoco Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

IQE currently has a consensus price target of GBX 20, indicating a potential upside of 106.19%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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 0.76 beat Nanoco Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IQE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
IQE Positive
Nanoco Group Neutral

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

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£133.30M0.72-£23.85M-£2.35-4.12
Nanoco Group£5.15M5.00-£819.79K-£0.45-30.51

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%

Summary

IQE beats Nanoco Group on 10 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£96.03M£446.98M£29.13B£3.03B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.83%3.08%5.02%
P/E Ratio-4.129.3048.17176.75
Price / Sales0.72115.991,546.20264,362.45
Price / Cash25.3414.4638.0727.97
Price / Book0.603.537.414.53
Net Income-£23.85M£4.66M£782.80M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.72%-3.24%-3.70%12.58%
1 Month Performance-1.22%3.38%-0.17%6.10%
1 Year Performance-66.26%-35.17%52,681.94%71.60%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
2.5816 of 5 stars
GBX 9.70
+1.0%
GBX 20
+106.2%
-68.7%£96.03M£133.30M-4.12577
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 13.10
-2.1%
N/A-8.2%£24.75M£5.15M-29.3146
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
1.7692 of 5 stars
GBX 1,934.98
-2.6%
GBX 1,297.50
-32.9%
-27.2%£1.12B£469.46M21.982,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FTC
Filtronic
N/AGBX 149.99
-3.2%
N/A+110.3%£325.61M£25.43M102.78125Positive News
Earnings Report
TCM
Telit Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/A£307.75M£343.62M69.39820
IDOX
IDOX
1.4688 of 5 stars
GBX 66.80
+2.1%
GBX 85.50
+28.0%
-0.6%£305.47M£81.51M55.13626
IQG
IQGeo Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£295.50M£44.48M-20,700.00217
BIG
Big Technologies
1.1354 of 5 stars
GBX 92.40
-1.3%
GBX 80
-13.4%
-28.8%£262.46M£53.85M20.6936,200
EPO
Earthport
N/AN/AN/AN/A£240.49M£32.56M-20.94214Gap Up
DOTD
dotdigital Group
3.2967 of 5 stars
GBX 76.65
-0.5%
GBX 150
+95.7%
-23.9%£234.26M£78.69M21.16400Dividend Increase
WNWD
Windward
N/AN/AGBX 200
+∞
N/A£233.00M£43.06M-30.55170Gap Down

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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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