Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the seven analysts that are currently covering the stock, 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 given a strong buy recommendation to the company.

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

Basf Stock Performance

BASFY stock opened at $12.02 on Friday. Basf has a one year low of $10.66 and a one year high of $14.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 2.09. The firm has a market cap of $43.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,202.00, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.22. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.80.

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

About Basf

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.