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

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

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

BE Semiconductor Industries Stock Up 0.4%

BESIY stock opened at $334.30 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 4.74 and a quick ratio of 4.17. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 52-week low of $122.81 and a 52-week high of $337.84. The company has a 50-day moving average of $277.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $217.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 151.27 and a beta of 1.97.

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The technology company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76. The company had revenue of $216.51 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $220.77 million. BE Semiconductor Industries had a net margin of 24.02% and a return on equity of 38.42%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.46 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.