BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the eleven brokerages that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company.

Several research firms have issued reports on BESIY. Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Needham & Company LLC upgraded shares of BE Semiconductor Industries to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Kepler Capital Markets downgraded shares of BE Semiconductor Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a report on Sunday, January 4th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of BESIY stock opened at $216.05 on Friday. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 1-year low of $88.02 and a 1-year high of $235.17. The company has a current ratio of 5.55, a quick ratio of 4.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.22. The stock has a market cap of $15.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 115.53 and a beta of 1.81. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $207.61 and a 200-day moving average of $174.95.

About BE Semiconductor Industries

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.