BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company.

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Berenberg Bank raised shares of BE Semiconductor Industries to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Zacks Research raised shares of BE Semiconductor Industries to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Friday, May 15th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of BESIY opened at $333.60 on Thursday. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 52-week low of $122.81 and a 52-week high of $345.56. The company has a quick ratio of 4.17, a current ratio of 4.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $288.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $223.91. The stock has a market cap of $24.19 billion, a PE ratio of 150.95 and a beta of 1.97.

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The technology company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.76. BE Semiconductor Industries had a net margin of 24.02% and a return on equity of 38.42%. The company had revenue of $216.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $220.77 million. Research analysts forecast that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

BE Semiconductor Industries Company Profile

BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY), commonly known as BESI, is a global supplier of assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry. The company designs, develops and manufactures capital equipment used in the back-end production of semiconductor devices, including die attach, wire bonding and flip chip packaging systems. BESI’s platforms support a wide range of applications from memory and logic chips to advanced power devices and radio-frequency modules, enabling high precision, throughput and yield in device assembly and test processes.

Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Duiven, the Netherlands, BESI went public on Euronext Amsterdam in 1999.