IQE (LON:IQE) Shares Down 10.6% – Here’s Why

Posted by on Jul 4th, 2026

IQE plc (LON:IQE – Get Free Report)’s stock price fell 10.6% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 41.70 and last traded at GBX 42. 70,895,844 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 97% from the average session volume of 35,927,621 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 47.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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IQE Stock Up 6.8%

The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 47.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 28.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.23, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 0.76. The company has a market cap of £588.70 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 2.25.

IQE (LON:IQE – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The company reported GBX (2.82) earnings per share for the quarter. IQE had a negative return on equity of 37.49% and a negative net margin of 37.71%.The company had revenue of GBX 9,730 million during the quarter. Sell-side analysts expect that IQE plc will post 0.37 earnings per share for the current year.

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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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