BN · rank #1 · 2026-09-07
BESI
AMSTERDAM · EUR · $18.07B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 1.51 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +34.2% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +31.4% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +28.4% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +3.0% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.65 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 1.48× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +50.8% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | -3% |
| Market cap (USD) | $18.07B |
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Summary
Besi designs and manufactures advanced semiconductor assembly equipment, with hybrid bonding tools for AI accelerators, high-bandwidth memory, and photonics emerging as its dominant growth engine.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver thesis is directly reinforced by Besi's ~105% order surge in late 2025 and 68.7% Q2-26 revenue growth, confirming it is a genuine capacity chokepoint in hybrid bonding for AI packaging with 65.7% gross margins signaling real pricing power.
Material risks
- 1Major memory producers evaluating alternative packaging standards could bypass Besi's hybrid bonding tools entirely, representing a technology-path displacement risk that is the canonical disqualifier for a bottleneck-solver thesis.
- 2Besi is not a sole-source supplier, and its AI/HBM concentration means any capex pause or architecture shift at a handful of large customers would collapse order visibility rapidly given the cyclicality already demonstrated in FY25.
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