ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Acquired by Calamos Wealth Management LLC

Key Points

• Calamos Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in ASML Holding N.V. by 6.5% in the second quarter, acquiring a total of 4,776 shares valued at approximately $3.83 million.
• Wells Fargo raised its price target for ASML shares from $1,105.00 to $1,140.00 and assigned an "overweight" rating, reflecting positive sentiment among analysts.
• ASML announced a quarterly dividend of $1.857, an increase from the previous dividend, with an ex-dividend date set for October 29th.

Calamos Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 6.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 4,776 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 291 shares during the quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $3,827,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in ASML by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 317 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $254,000 after buying an additional 13 shares during the last quarter. Rossmore Private Capital grew its holdings in ASML by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Rossmore Private Capital now owns 4,347 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,880,000 after buying an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Baring Financial LLC grew its holdings in ASML by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Baring Financial LLC now owns 510 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $409,000 after buying an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC grew its holdings in ASML by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 602 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $399,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in ASML by 15.2% during the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 114 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on ASML shares. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on ASML from $1,105.00 to $1,140.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday. Barclays reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Arete Research raised ASML to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Finally, HSBC reissued a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $1,051.60.

ASML Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of ASML opened at $1,029.27 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $404.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.87. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $864.28 and its 200 day simple moving average is $774.02. ASML Holding N.V. has a twelve month low of $578.51 and a twelve month high of $1,059.00.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 15th. The semiconductor company reported $6.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.27 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $8.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.99 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 47.74% and a net margin of 27.08%.The business's quarterly revenue was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $5.28 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 29th will be given a $1.857 dividend. This is an increase from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.86. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 29th. This represents a $7.43 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. ASML's dividend payout ratio is 25.56%.

About ASML

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.

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