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What are the opinions here, worth de-risking leading to tomorrow earnings?

For example, Lumentum announced 80% uplift in their revenue... can IQE match it? Unlikely.. The recovery for IQE will be far more gradual.. if management can't provide long term outlook investors will be spooked.

The US gov is investing in Quantum computing. Intel tripled since the gov took a position.

In mid-2025, IQE completed a breakthrough project alongside Quinas Technology to commercialize ULTRARAM (Aluminium Antimonide (AlSb) for Quantum Memory (ULTRARAM)

Quantum Dot Epitaxy for AI and Connectivity

Aluminium Nitride (AlN) for Photonic Quantum Chips

These won't be immediate revenue stream but makes IQE more relevant than ever.

£4-£5 billion valuation within 1 year is not an absurd ambition.

IQE needs to put out some solid trading update with decent margins on recovery but most importantly OUTLOOK!

Trump administration is investing in quantum computing.

Since the US gov took a position in Intel the stock price tripled.

It is a long path away but IQE may be able to carve out a role in Quantum (Quantum Dot epi, VSCELs, Aluminium Nitride (with uk PANPIC) , InP and GaN).

IQE does not get much hype though. Who would be willing to wait potentially for 10+ years to make a fortune here, with the risk of waiting for nothing!

The US market is doing quite well (LITE, COHR, especially AXTI - one of the closest peers, Sivers, marginally MTSI). Tomorrow we may have a significant swing upwards. Even though, being so close to FY25 (Thursday) some investors may want to stay on the sidelines. Looking good for tomorrow though.

MT100 do you mean monumental update by Nvidia?

Despite that, stocks did not much much. Perhaps all already priced in?

Why IQE is still in the 30s?

Opening in auction again today.

Don't take me wrong, I am long here, and traded IQE in and out for a couple of years.

I went through the hype of former CEO Lemos, this time around macro economics are different and there is considerable tailwind but I have been disappointed quarter after quarter by the inability to capture significant market. Call it a form of PTSD.

@Seewhat

I don't know the details of the NVIDIA deal, I don't know if they got a seat in the board.

But there is a risk of concentration (the market hates that) and of course margin pressure (one of my main concerns).

IQE better reassures on the two above.

I also want reassurance on operation leverage reduction. We cannot have a factory that loses money if it doesn't run close to full capacity (order book cannot always be full).

The optimism of the CEO Jutta Meier doesn't give me much confidence either. Why do you feel optimistic if you know facts, if you have fully visibility of orders intake at least up to 2030? It tells me she has little cluse of what's happening in the Sales department or, far worse, there is plenty of unutilized capacity.

"MACOM sitting on the board" may not be the best thing ever. MACOM looks after MACOM in my book, not its10% interest in a £400m company.

IQE CEO said she is “more optimistic than ever about the opportunities ahead for IQE” as AI infrastructure, communications and defence technologies continue to scale globally.

I’m tempted to comment on LinkedIn, but I don’t want to come across as hostile. Still, from the CEO of a listed semiconductor company, I’d expect a bit more hard data alongside the optimism, demand trends, utilisation, customer wins, margins, or some indication of how these AI tailwinds are materially benefiting IQE today. Narrative matters, but execution metrics matter more.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jutta-meier_a-very-insightful-post-damindu-jayaweera-share-7462428796240162818-U_Zm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAmkcH0BEMfaVbQGa4ob1tN4kbEzWIa0X-E

Seems to be at the bingo with people tossing numbers around.

Among the names I checked, apart from AXTI, everything is still spiraling downwards.

I am already overexposed to IQE so I won't buy on this occasion (besides the available cash is very limited).

US premarket does not look good for Lumentum, Macom, AXTI, Coherent

It looks IQE will climb back only if we have a bounce in the US.

@TungstenInvestor

Can you monitor the FTSE100 in the premarket hours? What do you use?

See what if you are happy to buy for 45p I would wait for a further deep but if bounces instead, buy for 45p

I doubt results will be announced this week. There was no notification issued by the company and I would expect results to be announced at least one week ahead of time

@MasterRSI

TungstenInvestor is quite a good contributor. You do not need to belittle people.

AXTI double in the past month alone, reaching a market cap of $8 billions.

In the past 12 months it went up 8000%.

The question is whether the sellers have inside knowledge.

Why reducing in IQE when the whole sector is mooning?