Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the seven research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has assigned a hold recommendation, two have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.

Several equities analysts have recently commented on BASFY shares. Berenberg Bank upgraded shares of Basf to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 28th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded Basf from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. Finally, BNP Paribas reaffirmed an “underperform” rating on shares of Basf in a research report on Monday, April 15th.

Basf Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of OTCMKTS BASFY opened at $12.11 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.81 billion, a PE ratio of 1,211.00, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.21. Basf has a one year low of $10.66 and a one year high of $14.89. The company has a current ratio of 2.09, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $12.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.85.

Basf (OTCMKTS:BASFY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 25th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $19.06 billion for the quarter. Basf had a net margin of 0.07% and a return on equity of 5.85%. As a group, analysts predict that Basf will post 0.95 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Basf Company Profile

BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates. The Materials segment offers advanced materials and their precursors for applications and systems comprising isocyanates, polyamides, and inorganic basic products, as well as specialties for plastics and plastics processing industries.