Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

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

Separately, Berenberg Bank raised shares of Basf to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, June 28th.

Basf Trading Up 1.3 %

BASFY stock opened at $12.43 on Friday. Basf has a 52-week low of $10.66 and a 52-week high of $14.89. The company has a quick ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 2.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The firm has a market cap of $44.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,243.00, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.22. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $11.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is $12.80.

Basf (OTCMKTS:BASFY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 26th. The basic materials company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Basf had a positive return on equity of 6.36% and a negative net margin of 0.04%. The company had revenue of $17.34 billion for the quarter. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Basf will post 0.92 EPS 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.