Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages

Shares of Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY - Get Free Report) have received an average rating of "Hold" from the nine analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company.

BASFY has been the subject of several recent research reports. Berenberg Bank downgraded Basf from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Basf in a research report on Friday, March 7th.

Basf Price Performance

OTCMKTS:BASFY traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $14.37. The stock had a trading volume of 143,957 shares, compared to its average volume of 260,647. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a current ratio of 1.87. Basf has a one year low of $10.57 and a one year high of $14.89. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $12.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 89.82, a P/E/G ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.16.

Basf (OTCMKTS:BASFY - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.05. Basf had a return on equity of 6.63% and a net margin of 0.78%. The firm had revenue of $16.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.72 billion. As a group, analysts expect that Basf will post 0.83 earnings per share for the current year.

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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.