Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC grew its position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 124.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 752 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 417 shares during the quarter. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $498,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ASML. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 8.8% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 53,827 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $37,306,000 after purchasing an additional 4,355 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of ASML during the fourth quarter worth about $31,223,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 7.2% during the fourth quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,830 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,268,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 15.5% during the fourth quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. now owns 627 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $435,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich purchased a new position in shares of ASML during the fourth quarter worth about $501,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several brokerages have issued reports on ASML. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on ASML in a report on Tuesday, June 17th. They set a "market perform" rating and a $806.00 price objective on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on ASML from $860.00 to $840.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Susquehanna lowered their price target on ASML from $1,100.00 to $965.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Finally, Barclays reissued an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday, June 3rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, ASML presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $913.80.
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ASML Price Performance
Shares of ASML opened at $794.20 on Monday. ASML Holding N.V. has a twelve month low of $578.51 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09. The stock's 50 day moving average is $749.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $722.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $312.45 billion, a PE ratio of 33.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.52, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 16th. The semiconductor company reported $6.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $6.12 by $0.19. ASML had a return on equity of 51.82% and a net margin of 28.32%. The company had revenue of $8.77 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.90 billion. Research analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.
About ASML
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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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