IQE (LON:IQE) Trading Up 30.5% – Here’s What Happened

Posted by Geri Gentry on Jul 23rd, 2026

IQE plc (LON:IQE – Get Free Report) traded up 30.5% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 47.10 and last traded at GBX 47.10. 37,654,422 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 12% from the average daily volume of 33,769,598 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 36.10.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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IQE Stock Performance

The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 45.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 31.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.23, a current ratio of 0.76 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The company has a market cap of £651.10 million, a P/E ratio of -12.98, a P/E/G ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 2.24.

IQE (LON:IQE – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The company reported GBX (2.82) EPS for the quarter. IQE had a negative return on equity of 37.49% and a negative net margin of 37.71%.The firm had revenue of GBX 9,730 million during the quarter. On average, sell-side analysts predict that IQE plc will post 0.37 EPS for the current fiscal year.