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GBX 12.44 -0.12 (-0.93%)
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IQE vs. NANO, OXIG, IMO, NCC, BIG, FDM, TCM, IQG, IDOX, and DOTD

Should you be buying IQE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQE include Nanoco Group (NANO), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), IMImobile (IMO), NCC Group (NCC), Big Technologies (BIG), FDM Group (FDM), Telit Communications (TCM), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), and dotdigital Group (DOTD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

IQE vs.

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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

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

IQE received 147 more outperform votes than Nanoco Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.23% of users gave Nanoco Group an outperform vote while only 74.96% of users gave IQE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IQEOutperform Votes
500
74.96%
Underperform Votes
167
25.04%
Nanoco GroupOutperform Votes
353
80.23%
Underperform Votes
87
19.77%

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Nanoco Group has a net margin of 186.26% compared to IQE's net margin of -17.89%. Nanoco Group's return on equity of 137.99% beat IQE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IQE-17.89% -13.93% -3.31%
Nanoco Group 186.26%137.99%-74.97%

Nanoco Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IQE. IQE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nanoco Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IQE£129.25M0.94-£23.12M-£0.02-626.55
Nanoco Group£8.01M3.54£14.92M£0.04387.00

IQE currently has a consensus target price of GBX 55, indicating a potential upside of 338.91%. Given IQE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nanoco Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
IQE Neutral
Nanoco Group Neutral

Summary

IQE and Nanoco Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IQE vs. The Competition

MetricIQESemiconductor Equipment & Materials IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£121.16M£483.67M£23.62B£1.42B
Dividend Yield2.36%3.77%2.66%11.72%
P/E Ratio-626.55260.27246.711,570.04
Price / Sales0.94103.923,794.48242,834.87
Price / Cash25.3414.4634.5232.92
Price / Book0.783.867.822.90
Net Income-£23.12M£13.95M£640.20M£152.61M
7 Day Performance-2.86%0.84%1.94%8.75%
1 Month Performance8.03%0.47%7.49%16.93%
1 Year Performance-41.31%-31.31%29.78%19.01%

IQE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQE
IQE
2.3075 of 5 stars
GBX 12.44
-0.9%
GBX 55
+342.0%
-41.2%£120.31M£129.25M-622.15577Gap Up
NANO
Nanoco Group
N/AGBX 14.60
-0.4%
N/A-14.4%£26.75M£8.01M367.2846Positive News
OXIG
Oxford Instruments
1.1753 of 5 stars
GBX 2,070
+0.5%
GBX 2,606.67
+25.9%
-5.3%£1.20B£470.40M2,395.352,000
IMO
IMImobile
N/AGBX 594
+0.3%
N/AN/A£490.40M£164.04M123.755,300
NCC
NCC Group
N/AGBX 156
-1.8%
N/A+33.2%£489.62M£324.40M-1,985.002,200
BIG
Big Technologies
2.3302 of 5 stars
GBX 132.75
+1.3%
GBX 345
+159.9%
-29.6%£388.93M£54.45M3,342.5036,200
FDM
FDM Group
3.08 of 5 stars
GBX 324.50
+0.3%
GBX 430
+32.5%
-22.3%£354.26M£294.27M1,155.365,637
TCM
Telit Communications
N/AGBX 229
flat
N/AN/A£307.75M£343.62M69.39820
IQG
IQGeo Group
N/AGBX 478
+0.2%
N/AN/A£295.50M£44.48M-20,700.00217
IDOX
IDOX
N/AGBX 64.20
+0.9%
GBX 80.50
+25.4%
-2.0%£295.44M£80.64M6,360.00626
DOTD
dotdigital Group
1.7182 of 5 stars
GBX 95.40
+3.5%
GBX 150
+57.2%
-2.6%£292.74M£74.15M2,315.00400

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This page (LON:IQE) was last updated on 12/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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