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Richard Williamson

IQE - Currency headwinds affect H121 performance

IQE’s H121 results are in line with management guidance given in March that H121 revenue and EBITDA would be similar to H120 levels on a constant currency basis. However, currency headwinds resulted in an 11.5% year-on-year reduction in revenues and a 28.9% drop in adjusted EBITDA. Noting that the recovery in demand for epitaxy for 5G infrastructure applications is not now likely until FY22, we have revised our FY21 estimates, cutting PBT from £2.5m to £0.1m, while leaving our FY22 estimates unchanged.
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IQE plc

IQE is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of semiconductor materials. Co.'s primary business is the manufacture of compound semiconductor wafers or epiwafers using a process called epitaxy. Co.'s primary reporting segments are: Wireless, which covers electronic devices that communicate wirelessly; Photonics, which covers applications that either emit or detect light; Infrared, which uses indium antimonide and gallium antimonide engineered materials that enable high resolution Infrared systems; and CMOS++, which combines the properties of compound semiconductors with silicon.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

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Richard Williamson

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