IQE PLC
LSE:IQE

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LSE:IQE
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Price: 7.9 GBX 1.94% Market Closed
Market Cap: £77.2m

Operating Margin

-22.8%
Current
Declining
by 8.2%
vs 3-y average of -14.6%

Operating Margin shows how much profit a company makes from its regular business activities after covering operating costs. It helps measure how efficiently the company turns sales into profit.

Operating Margin
-22.8%
=
Operating Income
£-22.2m
/
Revenue
£97.3m

Operating Margin shows how much profit a company makes from its regular business activities after covering operating costs. It helps measure how efficiently the company turns sales into profit.

Operating Margin
-22.8%
=
Operating Income
GBX-22.2m
/
Revenue
£97.3m

Peer Comparison

Country Company Market Cap Operating
Margin
UK
IQE PLC
LSE:IQE
77.1m GBP
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NL
ASML Holding NV
AEX:ASML
468.4B EUR
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US
Brooks Automation Inc
LSE:0HQ1
354.8B USD
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US
Lam Research Corp
NASDAQ:LRCX
291.6B USD
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US
Applied Materials Inc
NASDAQ:AMAT
256.1B USD
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US
KLA Corp
NASDAQ:KLAC
188B USD
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JP
Tokyo Electron Ltd
TSE:8035
18.9T JPY
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JP
Advantest Corp
TSE:6857
18.5T JPY
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CN
NAURA Technology Group Co Ltd
SZSE:002371
345B CNY
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JP
Disco Corp
TSE:6146
7.2T JPY
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NL
ASM International NV
AEX:ASM
34.7B EUR
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Market Distribution

Lower than 95% of companies in United Kingdom
Percentile
5th
Based on 3 579 companies
5th percentile
-22.8%
Low
-195 650% — 0%
Typical Range
0% — 0.2%
High
0.2% — 4 630.7%
Distribution Statistics
United Kingdom
Min -195 650%
30th Percentile 0%
Median 0.1%
70th Percentile 0.2%
Max 4 630.7%

IQE PLC
Glance View

Market Cap
77.2m GBX
Industry
Semiconductors

IQE Plc is a holding company, which engages in the research, development and provision of engineering consultancy services to the compound semiconductor industry. The firm is engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and sale of compound semiconductor materials. The company operates through three segments: Wireless, Photonics and CMOSS++. Wireless segment manufactures and sells compound semiconductor material for the wireless market, which includes radio frequency devices that enable wireless communications. Photonics segment manufactures and sells compound semiconductor material for the photonics market, which includes applications that either transmit or sense light, both visible and infrared. The CMOSS++ segment manufactures and sells semiconductor materials related to silicon, which include the combination of the properties of compound semiconductors with those of the silicon technologies. Its markets include industrial, healthcare, automotive, cloud, networking and Internet of Things (IoT), aerospace and defense, fifth generation (5G) network infrastructure and consumer mobile.

IQE Intrinsic Value
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What is Operating Margin?
Operating Margin shows how much profit a company makes from its regular business activities after covering operating costs. It helps measure how efficiently the company turns sales into profit.
How is Operating Margin calculated?

Operating Margin is calculated by dividing the Operating Income by the Revenue.

Operating Margin
-22.8%
=
Operating Income
£-22.2m
/
Revenue
£97.3m
What is IQE PLC's current Operating Margin?

The current Operating Margin for IQE PLC is -22.8%, which is below its 3-year median of -14.6%.

How has Operating Margin changed over time?

Over the last 3 years, IQE PLC’s Operating Margin has decreased from -11.4% to -22.8%. During this period, it reached a low of -22.8% on Jun 30, 2025 and a high of -1.8% on Dec 31, 2022.

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