IQE (IQEPF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IQE plc is a leading global supplier of advanced wafer products and wafer-based material solutions for the semiconductor industry. Headquartered in Cardiff, Wales, the company specializes in the development and manufacturing of epitaxial wafers—ultra-thin layers of compound semiconductor materials—used in a wide range of high-performance electronic and photonic devices.

The company’s product portfolio encompasses key compound semiconductor materials such as indium phosphide, gallium arsenide, gallium nitride and silicon-germanium. These materials are critical to the manufacture of components for mobile communications (including 5G and emerging 6G technologies), optical fiber networks, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers, high-power electronics, solar cells and sensors. IQE’s capabilities extend from research and prototyping through to high-volume production, supporting both fabless semiconductor firms and integrated device manufacturers.

Founded in 1988, IQE has grown through organic expansion and strategic acquisitions to establish manufacturing sites and R&D facilities across Europe, North America and Asia–Pacific—including locations in the United States, Taiwan, Singapore and China. The company serves a diverse customer base spanning telecommunications, aerospace and defense, data communications, consumer electronics and renewable energy. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Dr. Drew Nelson, IQE continues to invest in next-generation epitaxial technologies to address the evolving requirements of the global semiconductor market.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.49 to $0.55
• 50-Day Range: $0.46 to $0.78
• 52-Week Range: $0.06 to $0.95
• Volume: 702,056 shs
• Average Volume: 1.94 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $531.78 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 26% 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 4.56. 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

0.05% 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 0.21, 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 202.94%, 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: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

IQE has a news sentiment score of 0.27. 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 0.83 average news sentiment score of Computer and 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: 7/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 9/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: ELEC COMP - SEMIC
• 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: 685
• 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: 0.02
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.53

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $128.31 million
• Price / Sales: 4.14
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.12 per share
• Price / Book: 4.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 971,280,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $531.78 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.68