IQE (IQEPF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IQE plc is a semiconductor materials and technology company that develops and manufactures advanced epitaxial wafer products. Its materials are used as the foundation for semiconductor devices, helping customers produce components with specific electrical, optical and performance characteristics.

The company supplies compound semiconductor materials and related products for applications including wireless communications, photonics, consumer electronics, automotive systems, high-performance computing and data centers. Its technologies support products such as radio-frequency components, optical communication devices, sensors, lasers and power semiconductors.

IQE serves customers across major semiconductor markets in North America, Europe and Asia. The company operates research, development and manufacturing activities internationally and works with semiconductor manufacturers and device companies to develop customized material solutions for emerging technologies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.65 to $0.69
• 50-Day Range: $0.54 to $0.76
• 52-Week Range: $0.06 to $0.95
• Volume: 245,436 shs
• Average Volume: 284,439 shs
• Market Capitalization: $642.11 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 38% 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: 1.9 / 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 only been the subject of 2 research reports 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 5.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.02% 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 0.37, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IQE has recently decreased by 7.36%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving 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: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.75

News Sentiment

IQE has a news sentiment score of 0.75. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles 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: 10/10/2026
• 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: 5.00
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.12 per share
• Price / Book: 5.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 971,280,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $642.11 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.78