IQE is the leading global outsource supplier of customized epitaxial wafers to the semiconductor industry.

Their technology is of most advanced like AFM means Atomic Force Microscopy and moves a minuscule cantilever over an objects surface, a sharp tip passes over dips or rises punched in the surface and reads out digital information. This technology is not going to slow down it is going to speed up and has to replace most existing forms of memory storage by virtue of capacity and size.

The future of nano-technology, these tiny/minute robots would need very small processors and most sure strained silicon could provide these.

The low share price is due to uncertainty as to when the cash will run out, but I don't think this will happen as cash is of 12 to 15M and NAV of 30p, and losses are going to drop on the next 3 month and we could have profits on the Q4 2004.

Latest news from the Chairman were" The Group remains confident that it is in a strong position within the outsourcing market, although the protection of its cash position is paramount.
With a broad product portfolio allowing the customer base to use IQE as a 'one stop shop', a large available production capacity and a strong balance sheet, the Board believes the Group will benefit strongly as the overall semiconductor industry recovers and will continue to strengthen its position as the leading outsource supplier of advanced wafer products to the sector. "

Nearly all the recent results have been encouraging. Q4 accounts are being completed (30th Dec 2002). IQE know where they stand, if things had got worse their would have been a trading statement by now, and with Amberwave (IQE's partner) increasing its Asian presence, this is a bullish trend and a good point to pick up the shares @ 4.25p

Intraday

5 month MA and Indicators

some analysts, are saying p/E too high, wants it down to 20 s/p to 123p reluctant to pay anymore, competition abounds, EPS earnings need to rear hits head in results. BB

one presumes said analysts are those who have shorted the stock and are desperate to talk it down ...... said stock seems disinclined to oblige

The stock is twinned with Bitcoin apparently !.....

you'd better hope not ..... amateurs who mugged themselves into gambling with bitcoins will have reaped the whirlwind ....... 'twas always lunacy; why on earth would any sane person gamble on the movements of some joke fantasy currency?

Declared short interest increased dramatically to 8.68%.

do i care?

markets are very thin though still 1.25m traded here
in fact, sp now blue = +2 at 138.5

If you have all relevant information, you can then make an informed decision!
Clearly Coltrane Asset Management & Marshall Wace LLP think they can make money shorting it.
I don't hold at present, but might have a dabble in the New Year when the sp has steadied.

i hold in trading as well as sipp and am happy to keep so doing

btw, sp now +5.5p with order book adequately strong

My informed reaction to the percentage of shorts is a shrug.
What's the percentage of shares held by people who are long? 90%+? And does that frighten shorters? Nah. Those who are short choose to go short. Those who are long choose to go long. No problem ;-)

Apple dominated the competition with new device activations leading up to Christmas
Zac Hall - Dec. 27th 2017, 7:53 am PT@apollozac

New data from Flurry Analytics shows Apple continuing to dominate with new device activations during the week leading up to Christmas Day. iPhones and iPads made up 44% of devices measured by Flurry from December 19 to December 25 with second seen as a distant second at 26%.

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Flurry captures all other phone and tablet makers in the single digits with Huawei, Xiaomi, Motorola, LG, Oppo, and Vivo each falling between 5% and 2%. Flurry says its analytics are used by over a million mobile apps across 2.1 billion devices.

https://tinyurl.com/yadclzr2

Apple dominated the competition with new device activations leading up to Christmas
Zac Hall - Dec. 27th 2017, 7:53 am PT@apollozac

New data from Flurry Analytics shows Apple continuing to dominate with new device activations during the week leading up to Christmas Day. iPhones and iPads made up 44% of devices measured by Flurry from December 19 to December 25 with second seen as a distant second at 26%.

9to5Mac Happy Hour
Flurry captures all other phone and tablet makers in the single digits with Huawei, Xiaomi, Motorola, LG, Oppo, and Vivo each falling between 5% and 2%. Flurry says its analytics are used by over a million mobile apps across 2.1 billion devices.

Https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/27/flurry-iphone-activation-data/?pushup=1

broker ratings
IQE plc 38.3% Potential Upside Indicated by Citigroup

(dated a week ago - referred to by kim)
https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/iqe-plc-38-3-potential-upside-indicated-by-citigroup/412742627

Great company...but sp is a bubble burst at the mo...had to happen......

No bubble - and no burst. What are you on about? Uptrend is intact, albeit at a slower rise rate in the past 6 months than over the previous superb 12 months, but still very good. Five brokers covering this stock have all retained or reiterated their BUY stance, with share price targets 15% to 35% higher.

Your chart does not reflect at all the last few months variations !......look at the sp today...down again from a height of nearly 180p ...now 137p....no bubble burst ? hmmmm.....

Log charts tend to take out the 'noise'.

Total Voting Rights

29 December 2017

As at 29 December 2017, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 756,050,549 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"). All of these Ordinary Shares carry voting rights of one vote per Ordinary Share. The Company holds no Ordinary Shares in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 756,050,549. The above figures may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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required field - my chart (which is not mine, it's Moneyam's and is correct) DOES show the last few months variations. It shows them as percentage movements, which is much more significant than movements measured in pence. That's why most serious investors and traders always toggle between linear and logarithmic charts on any stock. Skinny's chart is also a log chart.

The latest dip from 178.5p to 137p is (so far) 23.25%, which is a tiny bit less than the 23.8% dip in September. Did you call that a burst bubble? (It then rose about 50% within weeks).

The share price may yet drift lower - but the word is drift, not burst. I've seen enough burst bubbles to recognise the difference. ;-)

bet RF has never held ..... i think IQE is likely to bring joy in 2018 and have no intention of selling any