IQE (LON:IQE) Stock Price Down 5.7% – Here’s Why

IQE plc (LON:IQE) shares were down 5.7% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 14.60 ($0.18) and last traded at GBX 14.64 ($0.18). Approximately 2,734,056 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 19% from the average daily volume of 3,388,092 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 15.52 ($0.20).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 20 ($0.25) price objective on shares of IQE in a research report on Thursday.

IQE Stock Up 0.8 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £146.12 million, a PE ratio of -6.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.21, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 12.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 16.86.

About IQE

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