BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) Rating Lowered to “Hold” at Kepler Capital Markets

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) was downgraded by equities research analysts at Kepler Capital Markets from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued on Friday,Zacks.com reports.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Zacks Research raised BE Semiconductor Industries from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Needham & Company LLC upgraded shares of BE Semiconductor Industries to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a report on Sunday, January 4th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of BE Semiconductor Industries in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

BE Semiconductor Industries Stock Up 3.6%

BESIY stock opened at $176.89 on Friday. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 12 month low of $88.02 and a 12 month high of $188.58. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $158.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $151.25. 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 (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The technology company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $154.12 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $160.84 million. BE Semiconductor Industries had a net margin of 25.42% and a return on equity of 33.98%. On average, equities analysts expect that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.