GoalVest Advisory LLC acquired a new position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 1,932 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $942,000.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA acquired a new position in ASML in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in ASML in the fourth quarter worth approximately $39,000. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. increased its holdings in ASML by 241.7% in the third quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 82 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Jacobi Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in ASML by 382.4% in the third quarter. Jacobi Capital Management LLC now owns 82 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arlington Partners LLC acquired a new position in ASML in the fourth quarter worth approximately $43,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 17.88% of the company’s stock.
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on ASML shares. New Street Research raised ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 21st. Stifel Nicolaus raised ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 4th. DZ Bank raised ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 8th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Friday. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Thursday, January 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $474.25.
Shares of NASDAQ ASML opened at $534.16 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $224.25 billion, a PE ratio of 59.75, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a fifty day moving average of $504.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of $416.48. ASML Holding has a 52-week low of $191.25 and a 52-week high of $573.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.92.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 19th. The semiconductor company reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $3.05 by $0.18. The company had revenue of $3.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.73 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 25.91% and a net margin of 24.30%. The business’s revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.70 earnings per share. Analysts predict that ASML Holding will post 9.34 earnings per share for the current year.
The business also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 4th will be issued a dividend of $1.8864 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 3rd. This is a boost from ASML’s previous semi-annual dividend of $1.41. This represents a dividend yield of 0.4%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.40%.
ASML Company Profile
ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems consisting of lithography related 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 variosus range of semiconductor nodes and technologies.
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