Report
Anne Margaret Crow

Photonics - light from a rising star

IQE’s diversification strategy has delivered a 71% jump in adjusted profit before tax during H116. Strong growth in photonics revenues was a key element of this improvement. This was boosted by a return to growth, albeit modest, in the wireless sector and contribution from licence income. We leave our estimates broadly unchanged, noting that this further confirmation of growth through diversification should support a continued upwards re-rating of the shares.
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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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Anne Margaret Crow

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