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

Shares of BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the nine brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company.

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

BE Semiconductor Industries Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:BESIY opened at $294.22 on Monday. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 52-week low of $122.81 and a 52-week high of $374.33. The company has a market capitalization of $21.33 billion, a PE ratio of 133.13 and a beta of 1.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 4.17 and a current ratio of 4.74. The company has a fifty day moving average of $320.77 and a 200-day moving average of $246.07.

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The technology company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76. BE Semiconductor Industries had a return on equity of 38.42% and a net margin of 24.02%.The business had revenue of $216.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $220.77 million. On average, equities analysts predict that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.