BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of BE Semiconductor Industries NV (OTCMKTS:BESIY) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eleven brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company.

Several brokerages have recently commented on BESIY. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Sunday, January 4th. Kepler Capital Markets cut shares of BE Semiconductor Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upgraded BE Semiconductor Industries to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Trading Down 3.2%

OTCMKTS:BESIY opened at $196.75 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 96.92 and a beta of 1.82. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $170.97 and its 200 day moving average price is $156.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 5.02 and a current ratio of 5.75. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 52 week low of $88.02 and a 52 week high of $210.76.

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.