BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) Announces Dividend of $2.00

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) declared a dividend on Saturday, March 29th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 28th will be given a dividend of 2.0024 per share by the technology company on Monday, May 5th. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 28th. This is a 3.0% increase from BE Semiconductor Industries’s previous dividend of $1.94.

BE Semiconductor Industries Trading Down 1.2 %

Shares of OTCMKTS:BESIY traded down $1.36 during trading on Friday, reaching $109.35. The stock had a trading volume of 15,308 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,049. BE Semiconductor Industries has a 52 week low of $102.70 and a 52 week high of $185.00. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $121.35 and its 200 day moving average is $124.27. The stock has a market cap of $7.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.92 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 6.12 and a current ratio of 6.86.

BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The technology company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $163.66 million for the quarter. BE Semiconductor Industries had a net margin of 29.92% and a return on equity of 39.31%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that BE Semiconductor Industries will post 4.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on BESIY shares. UBS Group upgraded BE Semiconductor Industries from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Needham & Company LLC downgraded shares of BE Semiconductor Industries from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th.

BE Semiconductor Industries Company Profile

BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and service of semiconductor assembly equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries in China, the United States, Malaysia, Ireland, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Other Asia Pacific and Europe, and internationally.