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IQE plc

$IQEPF·$518M·Semiconductors·Technology
$0.53-5.8%YTD+747.3%1Y+290.3%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $IQEPF, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-14

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

IQE plc is a UK-listed compound-semiconductor materials play riding the photonics super-cycle — the ADR-equivalent has ripped 739% YTD, then pulled back 17% below the 50-day.

IQE plc develops and manufactures compound-semiconductor materials for wireless, photonics, and CMOS++ applications — a niche wafer supplier that has re-rated on the photonics/InP data-center supply thesis.

  • Fundamentals lag the tape — most recent H2 revenue $52M down 18% YoY, operating margin -20%, ROIC -13%, ROE -37%, FCF yield -1% — the operating recovery is not yet visible in the P&L despite the multi-hundred-percent equity move.
  • Balance sheet is levered for a small-cap — D/E 1.02 means the equity depends on ongoing operating recovery to service the debt without dilution.
  • The catalyst is real — the June 15 multi-year InP epiwafer supply agreement with Tower Semiconductor is a genuine offtake win, and Deutsche Bank reinitiated at Buy with a 60p target on the end-market boom.

X chatter is bullish and cites the +562% YTD run and photonics super-cycle thesis alongside AXTI. The September 15 next earnings date is the release event — with the tape already having priced in a lot of expectation, execution now has to catch up quickly to sustain the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentX sentiment is bullish on the InP substrates photonics super-cycle thesis — consistent with the offtake catalyst and Deutsche Bank re-initiation.

What to watch: September 15 fiscal earnings — revenue reacceleration, Tower Semiconductor supply-agreement ramp, and operating margin trajectory.

On the calendar: 2026-09-15 fiscal earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-07

IQE PLC is up +562% YTD, ranking first in a memely thematic ranking. Posters cite iNp substrates as building blocks for chips in the photonics super-cycle thesis alongside AXTI. IQE is holding $0.63 while the photonics complex rolled over which posters view as constructive. Small position sizes with 1M share retirement claims.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Manufactures compound semiconductor wafers (GaAs, InP, GaN) for 5G, photonics, and power electronics; key upstream materials supplier.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $IQEPF.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $IQEPF

Partial — Manufactures compound semiconductor wafers (GaAs, InP, GaN) for 5G, photonics, and power electronics; key upstream materials supplier; the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle creates tailwinds for one product line, not the full operation.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+60.1%YTD
+103.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-12.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-13.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-25.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-1.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-37.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-3.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 28, 2026$-0.01——
Q1 2025May 13, 2025$-0.03$-0.00-2890.0%
Q2 2024Sep 10, 2024$-0.02$-0.01-55.4%
Q1 2024Apr 10, 2024$-0.01$-0.01-43.4%
Next earningsTue, Sep 15

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY25$52.0M-17.7%-2.4%-19.9%$-0.01$-4.1M
Q2 FY25$45.3M-13.0%1.2%-51.8%$-0.03$166K
Q4 FY24$52.0M-36.0%-1.0%-40.0%$-0.02$-4.5M
Q2 FY24$66.0M-23.4%7.6%-18.4%$-0.02$-9.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 3 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$118.2M$116.2M – $119.2M-$0.01-$0.01 – -$0.013
FY27$142.0M$139.4M – $143.6M-$0.00-$0.00 – -$0.003
FY28$167.4M$164.4M – $169.0M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001
FY29$185.7M$182.4M – $187.5M$0.02$0.02 – $0.022
FY30$205.6M$201.9M – $207.6M$0.02$0.02 – $0.021

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.52%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-16.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+70.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 646.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.245-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.ListedOTCListed on an over-the-counter market (PNK / OTCQB / OTCQX), not a major exchange. Lower disclosure requirements and thinner liquidity.

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Tower Semiconductor shares jump on IQE supply dealproactiveinvestors.com·31d agoIQE and Tower Semiconductor Announce Multi-year InP epiwafer Supply Agreementglobenewswire.com·31d agoIQE plc (IQEPY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·48d agoDeutsche Bank reinitiates IQE at buy with 60p target as end markets boomproactiveinvestors.co.uk·50d agoArtisan International Explorer Fund Q1 2026 Winners, Laggards, Buys And Sellsseekingalpha.com·63d ago

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