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: 46.20 to 51.80
• 50-Day Range: 23.05 to 63
• 52-Week Range: 4.66 to 72.90
• Volume: 45.44 million shs
• Average Volume: 36.42 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £465.40 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: 3.7 / 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 26.5% upside from its current price of GBX 47.42.

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 -9.34, 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 -9.34, 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 2.92. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.35

News Sentiment

IQE has a news sentiment score of 0.35. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for IQE this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for IQE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added IQE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IQE insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.21% of the stock of IQE is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

19.40% of the stock of IQE is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/28/2026
• Today: 5/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
• 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: +26.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (5.08)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 128.38
• P/E Growth: 12.7
• Net Income: -£23.85 million
• Net Margins: -50.52%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -40.92%
• Return on Assets: -3.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 81.86
• Current Ratio: 1.17
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £97.27 million
• Price / Sales: 4.78
• Cash Flow: GBX 1.87 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.34
• Book Value: GBX 16.22 per share
• Price / Book: 2.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 979,798,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £465.40 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.22