IQE (IQE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IQE is the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 49.05 to 52.20
• 50-Day Range: 36.10 to 56.70
• 52-Week Range: 4.66 to 72.90
• Volume: 16.06 million shs
• Average Volume: 31.67 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £656.20 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.36%
• Price Target: GBX 60
• Consensus Rating: Buy

IQE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IQE scored higher than 42% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

IQE has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

IQE has a consensus price target of GBX 60, representing about 18.3% upside from its current price of GBX 50.70.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IQE has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IQE is -13.45, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IQE is -13.45, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

IQE has a PEG Ratio of 12.70. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

IQE has a P/B Ratio of 3.13. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IQE.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

IQE pays a meaningful dividend of 2.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

IQE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.81

News Sentiment

IQE has a news sentiment score of 0.81. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for IQE this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for IQE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IQE insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £230,000 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.66% of the stock of IQE is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.00% of the stock of IQE is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/28/2026
• Today: 8/18/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:IQE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.iqep.com
• Phone: +44-29-20839400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 577
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for IQE: GBX 60
• High Price Target: GBX 60
• Low Price Target: GBX 60
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (3.77)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 133.95
• P/E Growth: 12.7
• Net Income: -£23.85 million
• Net Margins: -37.71%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -37.49%
• Return on Assets: -3.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 102.23
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £97.30 million
• Price / Sales: 6.78
• Cash Flow: GBX 1.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.34
• Book Value: GBX 16.22 per share
• Price / Book: 3.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,331,033,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £659.70 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.21