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

Shares of BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the nine analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of BE Semiconductor Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Stock Performance

Shares of BESIY opened at $260.74 on Friday. 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 business has a 50-day simple moving average of $315.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $257.89. The stock has a market cap of $18.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 117.98 and a beta of 1.97. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 52 week low of $122.81 and a 52 week high of $374.33.

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The technology company reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.30 by ($0.01). BE Semiconductor Industries had a return on equity of 38.42% and a net margin of 24.02%. On average, analysts expect that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.45 EPS for the current 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.