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BE SEMICONDUCTOR And ASML HOLDING Have A High Dividend Yield And Return On Equity In The Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry.

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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 Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry.

Financial Asset Price Forward Dividend Yield Return on Equity
BE SEMICONDUCTOR (BESI.AS) €104.20 2.89% 32.18%
ASML HOLDING (ASML.AS) €674.20 1.46% 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)

2.89% 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 41.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €41.19 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%.

Dividend Yield

As maintained 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 2.89%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

BE SEMICONDUCTOR's stock is valued at €104.20 at 02:40 EST, above its 52-week high of €103.35.

Sales Growth

BE SEMICONDUCTOR's sales growth is negative 27.4% for the current quarter and negative 5.1% for the next.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

BE SEMICONDUCTOR's EBITDA is 9.46.

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2. ASML HOLDING (ASML.AS)

1.46% 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 €17.62.

PE Ratio

ASML HOLDING has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 38.26. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €38.26 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%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

ASML HOLDING's stock is valued at €674.20 at 02:40 EST, under its 52-week high of €688.00 and way higher than its 52-week low of €375.75.

Moving Average

ASML HOLDING's worth is way above its 50-day moving average of €600.19 and way above its 200-day moving average of €551.51.

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