Alfa Laval AB Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:ALFVY) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Alfa Laval AB Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:ALFVY) have received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have given a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company.

ALFVY has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Pareto Securities raised shares of Alfa Laval from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Alfa Laval in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating on shares of Alfa Laval in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Alfa Laval in a research note on Friday, August 7th.

Alfa Laval Price Performance

Shares of ALFVY opened at $60.61 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $57.86. Alfa Laval has a 1-year low of $44.75 and a 1-year high of $62.95. The company has a market cap of $25.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.73, a PEG ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.12.

Alfa Laval (OTCMKTS:ALFVY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 21st. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by ($0.10). The firm had revenue of $1.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. Alfa Laval had a net margin of 11.63% and a return on equity of 18.41%. On average, research analysts forecast that Alfa Laval will post 2.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alfa Laval Company Profile

Alfa Laval is an industrial engineering company specializing in heat transfer, separation and fluid handling technologies. Its product portfolio includes plate and tubular heat exchangers, separators and decanter centrifuges, pumps, valves and complete process systems designed to control temperature, separate liquids and solids, and move fluids reliably through industrial processes. The company supplies both standardized components and engineered systems for integration into customer plants and vessels.

The company serves a broad set of end markets including energy and power, marine and offshore, food and beverage processing, water and wastewater treatment, chemical and pharmaceutical production, and pulp and paper.