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  • AI and defence demand for chips sends IQE shares soaring

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    Shares in semiconductor giant IQE surged 25 per cent to 9.18p on Monday morning, after the wafer supplier said it expects its full year results to hit the upper end of its guidance, thanks to a recovery in AI and defence-related demand. The Cardiff-based company now forecasts 2025 revenue of around £97m, and adjusted earnings [...]

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  • Shares in Apple supplier IQE plunge as guidance disappoints and debt pile grows

    Tech

    Shares in semiconductor supplier IQE plummeted 14 per cent in early trading on Tuesday after it disappointed investors with weak guidance and as it racked up debt. The Cardiff-based manufacturer of compound wafers used to make semiconductors said its full-year guidance lies at the lower end of consensus forecasts of revenue between £130m and 154m. [...]

    IQE said net debt plunged to negative £17m in the first half of the year, down from funds of £5.3m in the same period last year.
  • IQE: ‘Growth ahead’ says boss of Cardiff semiconductor firm as sales expected to jump

    Tech

    The Cardiff-headquartered company said it expects revenue to be at least £65m in the first six months of the year.

    It may come as reassurance to investors after IQE's revenue sunk 30 per cent in 2023 due to an "underutilisation of manufacturing capacity".
  • IQE: Semiconductor firm’s revenue drops nearly a third amid weaker sales

    April 10, 2024

    British semiconductor firm IQE has posted another operating loss amid a slump in revenue as it grapples with lower sales and weak manufacturing.

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