Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the eight research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on BASFY shares. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Basf from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Basf from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Citigroup raised shares of Basf to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. UBS Group downgraded shares of Basf from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, October 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. initiated coverage on shares of Basf in a research report on Friday, October 11th. They set a "neutral" rating on the stock.

Basf Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS BASFY traded up $0.03 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $11.36. The company's stock had a trading volume of 117,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 253,252. The company has a current ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $11.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $11.86. Basf has a one year low of $10.57 and a one year high of $14.89. The company has a market cap of $40.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 71.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.19.

Basf (OTCMKTS:BASFY - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter. Basf had a net margin of 0.78% and a return on equity of 6.63%. The business had revenue of $17.30 billion for the quarter. On average, equities research analysts expect that Basf will post 0.88 EPS for the current 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.