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

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

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on BESIY. Morgan Stanley restated 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 research note on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of BE Semiconductor Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, June 26th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:BESIY opened at $256.25 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $314.36 and a 200 day moving average price of $258.43. BE Semiconductor Industries has a twelve month low of $122.81 and a twelve month high of $374.33. The company has a market cap of $18.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 84.02 and a beta of 1.97. The company has a quick ratio of 4.17, a current ratio of 4.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11.

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The technology company reported $1.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.30 by ($0.01). BE Semiconductor Industries had a return on equity of 51.09% and a net margin of 28.42%.The business had revenue of $290.52 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $285.58 million. Research analysts predict that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.45 earnings per share 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.