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BE SEMICONDUCTOR, SOPRA STERIA GROUP, Another 1 Companies Have A High Dividend Yield And Return On Equity In The Technology Sector.

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(vianews) - be semiconductor (besi.as) is among this list of stock assets with the highest dividend rate and return on equity on the technology sector.

financial asset price forward dividend yield return on equity
be semiconductor (besi.as) €98.50 2.87% 32.18%
sopra steria group (sop.pa) €179.70 2.4% 13.88%
asml holding (asml.as) €639.30 1.41% 74.04%

several euronext companies pay out dividends to its shareholders. the dividend yield is a dividend to price ratio showing how much a company pays out in dividends each year.

1. be semiconductor (besi.as)

2.87% forward dividend yield and 32.18% return on equity

be semiconductor industries n.v. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and service of semiconductor assembly equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries worldwide. the company's principal products include die attach equipment, such as single chip, multi-chip, multi module, flip chip, thermal compression bonding, fan out wafer level packaging, hybrid and embedded bridge die bonding, and die sorting systems; and packaging equipment, including conventional, ultra-thin, and wafer level molding, as well as trim and form, and singulation systems. its principal products also comprise plating equipment, such as tin, copper, and precious metal and solar plating systems, as well as related process chemicals; and tooling, conversion kits, spare parts, and other services. the company's principal brand names include datacon, esec, fico, and meco. it offers its products primarily to multinational chip manufacturers, assembly subcontractors, and electronics and industrial companies. the company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in duiven, the netherlands.

earnings per share

as for profitability, be semiconductor has a trailing twelve months eps of €2.53.

pe ratio

be semiconductor has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 38.93. meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €38.93 for every euro of annual earnings.

the company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 32.18%.

earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

be semiconductor's ebitda is 11.39.

dividend yield

as stated by morningstar, inc., the next dividend payment is on apr 28, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.85 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.87%.

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2. sopra steria group (sop.pa)

2.4% forward dividend yield and 13.88% return on equity

sopra steria group sa provides consulting, digital, and software development services in france and internationally. the company operates through five segments: france, united kingdom, other europe, sopra banking software, and other solutions. it offers digital transformation consulting services; technology services in the field of artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud, data, internet of things, and intelligent process automation; systems integration comprising smart application modernisation and product lifecycle management; infrastructure management services, including consulting, managed and cloud, end-user support, digital workplace, and legacy services; and cybersecurity services. the company also provides property management solutions; banking solutions, including software, support, and associated consulting services to banks and financial institutions; and hr solutions to public and private sector organisations, as well as acts as a software house, integrator, advisor, and cloud player. in addition, it offers business process services, such as creation or on-boarding, and operation of multi-function shared services; and operation of finance and administration, and human resource functions, as well as operation of specialised industry-specific business processes comprising operating and executing services in police control rooms, managing compliance in financial services, and managing customer services for large utilities. it serves aerospace, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, insurance and social, government, retail, telecommunication, media and entertainment, and transport industries. sopra steria group sa was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in paris, france.

earnings per share

as for profitability, sopra steria group has a trailing twelve months eps of €11.88.

pe ratio

sopra steria group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.13. meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €15.13 for every euro of annual earnings.

the company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 13.88%.

revenue growth

year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.6%, now sitting on 5.1b for the twelve trailing months.

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3. asml holding (asml.as)

1.41% forward dividend yield and 74.04% return on equity

asml holding n.v. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems consisting of lithography, metrology, and inspection systems for memory and logic chipmakers. the company provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. it also offers metrology and inspection systems, including yieldstar optical metrology solutions to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and hmi e-beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. in addition, the company provides computational lithography and lithography process and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades older lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and associated services. it operates in japan, south korea, singapore, taiwan, china, rest of asia, the netherlands, rest of europe, the middle east, africa, and the united states. the company was formerly known as asm lithography holding n.v. and changed its name to asml holding n.v. in 2001. asml holding n.v. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in veldhoven, the netherlands.

earnings per share

as for profitability, asml holding has a trailing twelve months eps of €17.32.

pe ratio

asml holding has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 36.91. meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €36.91 for every euro of annual earnings.

the company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 74.04%.

revenue growth

year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 90.9%, now sitting on 24.39b for the twelve trailing months.

earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

asml holding's ebitda is 10.55.

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