For 2015 the consensus of the earnings per share of Barco is at profit of 2,73 euros. Based on this the price/earnings-ratio equals 20,3.
The consensus of the dividends per share is at 1,7 euros.Consequently the dividend return is around 3,07 percent. On average the stocks in this sector yield a dividend return of around 0,94 percent.
The stock Barco is covered by 5 analysts. The average target price for Barco is at 63,90 euros. This is 22 percent more than the current stock price of 55,43 euros.
The stocks Cognizant, Apple and Cisco Systems in the sector hardware sector have the most buy recommendations. The 3 most recent recommendations for the hardware sector were provided by KBC Securities (hold, 63,00 euros), ING (hold, 60,00 euros) and DeGroof Petercam (buy, 65,00 euros).
Barco's book value/price equals 0,82. The hardware & equipment company now trades at a Shiller PE of 5.94. The stock now trades at 55,43 euros. This equals 29 times the 2014's earnings per share.