BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) have received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company.

BESIY has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Research raised BE Semiconductor Industries from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Needham & Company LLC raised 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 report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Sunday, January 4th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Price Performance

BESIY opened at $196.75 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 96.92 and a beta of 1.82. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $170.97 and a 200-day moving average of $156.46. The company has a quick ratio of 5.02, a current ratio of 5.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.46. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 12-month low of $88.02 and a 12-month high of $210.76.

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.