IQE (LON:IQE) Stock Price Up 11.6% – Should You Buy?

IQE plc (LON:IQEGet Free Report)’s share price shot up 11.6% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 57.80 and last traded at GBX 56.70. 72,533,297 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 99% from the average session volume of 36,433,000 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 50.80.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 60 price target on shares of IQE in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 60.

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IQE Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £744.24 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -15.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.23. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 48.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 25.17.

IQE (LON:IQEGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 28th. The company reported GBX (2.82) earnings per share for the quarter. IQE had a negative net margin of 37.71% and a negative return on equity of 37.49%. The firm had revenue of GBX 9,730 million during the quarter. As a group, research analysts predict that IQE plc will post 0.37 EPS for the current year.

About IQE

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IQE is the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry.

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