Bfsg LLC increased its stake in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 15.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,883 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 394 shares during the quarter. Bfsg LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $1,910,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of ASML. Rhumbline Advisers boosted its stake in ASML by 12.7% during the first quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 8,407 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $5,571,000 after buying an additional 947 shares during the last quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of ASML by 12.3% during the 1st quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $266,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Novo Holdings A S boosted its position in shares of ASML by 24.4% during the 4th quarter. Novo Holdings A S now owns 165,836 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $114,938,000 after acquiring an additional 32,500 shares during the last quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. boosted its position in shares of ASML by 26.3% during the 4th quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 82,646 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $57,280,000 after acquiring an additional 17,187 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pegasus Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of ASML by 43.0% during the 4th quarter. Pegasus Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,581 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $3,175,000 after acquiring an additional 1,377 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on ASML shares. Susquehanna lowered their price objective on ASML from $1,100.00 to $965.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Citigroup restated a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Barclays restated an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, June 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of ASML from $860.00 to $840.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $906.00.
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ASML Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:ASML opened at $775.23 on Tuesday. ASML Holding has a twelve month low of $578.51 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09. The company's 50 day moving average is $713.86 and its 200 day moving average is $715.79. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a market cap of $304.99 billion, a PE ratio of 37.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.74.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 16th. The semiconductor company reported $6.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $6.12 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $8.77 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.90 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.78% and a return on equity of 47.73%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that ASML Holding will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.
ASML Company Profile
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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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