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

BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.

A number of brokerages have weighed in on BESIY. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Zacks Research raised BE Semiconductor Industries to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research report on Friday, May 15th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS BESIY opened at $321.34 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $316.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $240.75. The company has a market cap of $23.30 billion, a PE ratio of 145.40 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 has a twelve month low of $122.81 and a twelve month high of $374.33.

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