Reviewing H. Lundbeck A/S (OTCMKTS:HLUYY) and IQE (OTCMKTS:IQEPF)

H. Lundbeck A/S (OTCMKTS:HLUYY) and IQE (OTCMKTS:IQEPF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares H. Lundbeck A/S and IQE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H. Lundbeck A/S	6.74%	13.74%	7.16%
IQE	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

H. Lundbeck A/S has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQE has a beta of 2.51, meaning that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for H. Lundbeck A/S and IQE, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H. Lundbeck A/S	1	1	0	0	1.50
IQE	0	0	1	0	3.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares H. Lundbeck A/S and IQE’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H. Lundbeck A/S	$2.59 billion	8.45	$209.69 million	$0.88	25.00
IQE	$207.17 million	1.52	-$92.20 million	N/A	N/A

H. Lundbeck A/S has higher revenue and earnings than IQE.

Summary

H. Lundbeck A/S beats IQE on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About H. Lundbeck A/S

H. Lundbeck A/S, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, production, and sale of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders in Europe, North America, and internationally. The company's principal products include Abilify Maintena for schizophrenia; Brintellix/Trintellix to treat depression; Northera for the treatment of symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension; Vyepti for migraine prevention; and Rexulti/Rxulti to treat depression/schizophrenia. It also provides Azilect for treating Parkinson's disease; Cipralex/Lexapro for depression; Ebixa to treat Alzheimer's disease; Onfi for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; Sabril for treating epilepsy; and Xenazine for chorea associated with Huntington's disease, as well as other products. The company sells its products primarily to distributors of pharmaceuticals, pharmacies, and hospitals. It has a partnership agreement with Verantos to focus on a study to enable real-world evidence in support of migraine therapy; and collaboration with Rgenta Therapeutics, Inc. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Valby, Denmark.

About IQE

IQE plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells advanced semiconductor materials. It operates through three segments: Wireless, Photonics, and CMOS++. The company manufactures and sells compound semiconductor materials for the wireless market which includes radio frequency devices for wireless communications, and photonics market, that includes applications that transmit and sense visible and infrared lights, as well as advanced semiconductor materials related to silicon. It operates in the United States, rest of the Americas, France, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Taiwan, and rest of the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.