Northside Capital Management LLC Has $488,000 Stock Position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Northside Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 84.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 737 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 338 shares during the period. Northside Capital Management LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $488,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in ASML by 70,115.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,400,800 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $9,282,120,000 after purchasing an additional 1,398,805 shares in the last quarter. Edgewood Management LLC boosted its position in shares of ASML by 43.1% during the 4th quarter. Edgewood Management LLC now owns 3,186,667 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,208,615,000 after purchasing an additional 959,696 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its stake in shares of ASML by 4,880.5% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 335,284 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $247,019,000 after purchasing an additional 328,552 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of ASML by 53.4% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 807,257 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $559,494,000 after purchasing an additional 281,156 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of ASML in the fourth quarter valued at about $175,257,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on ASML. Susquehanna dropped their price target on ASML from $1,100.00 to $965.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of ASML from $860.00 to $840.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Barclays restated an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a report on Monday, May 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, ASML presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $906.00.

ASML Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ASML traded up $5.03 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $747.81. 1,506,317 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,674,739. The firm has a market capitalization of $294.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.74. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $691.30 and a 200 day moving average price of $709.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.99. ASML Holding has a twelve month low of $578.51 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The semiconductor company reported $6.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.12 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $8.77 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.90 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 47.73% and a net margin of 26.78%. On average, analysts expect that ASML Holding will post 25.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.