Technology
IQE plc(IQEPY)
Live Price
Offline$18.50
+5.41% today
1Y Change
+418.89%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $400.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +2.4%
- EPS Growth
- -20.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
IQE plc (IQEPY) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $400.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $18.50 and up 418.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.4%, EPS growth of -20.7%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.4%, EPS -20.7%, free cash flow -45.2% with operating margin -36.1% and ROIC -17.9%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at price/sales 4.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines IQEPY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+2.4% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-36.1% vs +22.0% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 11, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.4% and EPS is at -20.7%, with operating margin around -36.1%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -17.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 11, 2026 | โ | -17.4% | -32.0% | -32.1% |
2025 Sep 12, 2025 | โ | +0.0% | -20.6% | -40.3% |
2025 May 13, 2025 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
IQEPY vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
IQEPY
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
IQEPY Max Drawdown
-51.39%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for IQEPY and SPY.
Company Overview
IQE plc
Other OTC
IQE plc develops, manufactures, and sells advanced semiconductor materials. The company operates in three segments: Wireless, Photonics, and CMOS++. It manufactures compound semiconductor wafers or epiwafers using epitaxy process; offers wireless products, including GaAs, GaN, and InP-based technologies, as well as Si and Ge-based epitaxial wafer structures; and supplies GaAs HBTs, pHEMTs, and BiFETs/BiHEMTs for use in consumer mobile handsets, connected devices, 5G network infrastructure, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, and satellite communications. The company also provides photonics products, which include vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, a 3D sensing technology that enables facial recognition, gesture control, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and other advanced sensing applications; indium phosphide (InP) laser and detector wafers that powers high speed, 5G telecommunication, and data communication fiber optic networks; Gallium Nitride (GaN) and gallium arsenide (GaSb) for multicolor uLED displays; and a range of gallium antimonide (GaSb) and InP materials that enables high definition infrared imaging and sensing in security, health monitoring, and environmental applications. In addition, it offers substrate products, such as GaSb, InP, InAs, InSb, GaSb, CZT, custom size or geometry wafers, polycrystalline materials, high purity group iii/v source materials, and bespoke orientation substrates. Further, the company provides nanoimprint lithography services. The company serves in the United States, rest of the Americas, France, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Taiwan, and rest of the Asia-Pacific. IQE plc was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Jutta Meier
- IPO Date
- Jul 14, 2017
- Employees
- 577
- Street Address
- Pascal Close
- Mailing
- Cardiff, CF3 0LW
- Region
- Cardiff, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 29 2083 9400
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
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- EV/EBITDA
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- Price/Sales
- 4.1
- Price/Book
- 3.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.4%
- EPS
- -20.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -45.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- -2.6%
- Operating Margin
- -36.1%
- Net Margin
- -50.5%
- ROE
- -40.9%
- ROIC
- -17.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.82
- Current Ratio
- 1.17
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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