IQE (IQEPF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IQE plc is a global supplier of advanced compound semiconductor wafers. The company grows thin crystalline layers on semiconductor substrates, producing epitaxial wafers that help manufacturers build chips and other components for applications across communications, photonics, infrared sensing and electronics.

Its products are made using technologies including molecular beam epitaxy and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. IQE also offers foundry and related services, working with customers to develop and manufacture materials for their device requirements.

Founded in Cardiff, Wales, in 1988, IQE serves customers around the world and has manufacturing operations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Taiwan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.43 to $0.47
• 50-Day Range: $0.37 to $0.76
• 52-Week Range: $0.06 to $0.95
• Volume: 101,217 shs
• Average Volume: 1.36 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $417.65 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

IQE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IQE scored higher than 13% 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: 1.5 / 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, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IQE has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

IQE has a P/B Ratio of 3.54. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of IQE has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

IQE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.51, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IQE has recently increased by 54.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

IQE does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

IQE has a news sentiment score of -1.00. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for IQE this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added IQE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• 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 Institutions

IQE has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:IQEPF
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:IQEPF
• CIK: 1550405
• Web: www.iqep.com
• Phone: 442920839400
• Fax: 44-29-2079-4592
• Employees: 460
• Year Founded: 1988

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.09
• Current Ratio: 2.40
• Quick Ratio: 1.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $128.31 million
• Price / Sales: 3.22
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.12 per share
• Price / Book: 3.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 971,280,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $412.79 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.97