Investment House LLC Has $2.64 Million Stock Holdings in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Investment House LLC grew its position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) by 18.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 3,806 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 598 shares during the quarter. Investment House LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $2,638,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ASML. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of ASML by 104.4% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 7,009 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,840,000 after purchasing an additional 3,580 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its position in ASML by 34.8% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 3,108 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,589,000 after buying an additional 802 shares in the last quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in ASML by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC now owns 275 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $229,000 after buying an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC lifted its position in ASML by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 28,785 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $23,985,000 after buying an additional 1,284 shares in the last quarter. Finally, West Family Investments Inc. lifted its position in ASML by 16.0% during the 3rd quarter. West Family Investments Inc. now owns 1,305 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,087,000 after buying an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $731.11 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market cap of $287.63 billion, a PE ratio of 35.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $731.72 and a 200-day moving average of $736.46. ASML Holding has a one year low of $645.45 and a one year high of $1,110.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The semiconductor company reported $7.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.67 by ($0.37). ASML had a net margin of 26.78% and a return on equity of 47.73%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that ASML Holding will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th were paid a dividend of $1.5855 per share. This is a boost from ASML’s previous dividend of $1.08. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 11th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.35%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. BNP Paribas assumed coverage on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $858.00 price target on the stock. DZ Bank upgraded shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on ASML from $1,148.00 to $1,100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price objective on ASML from $815.00 to $767.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $937.00.

ASML Profile

ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems for chipmakers. It offers advanced semiconductor equipment systems, including lithography, metrology, and inspection systems. The company also 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.