Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC cut its stake in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 7.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,058 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 848 shares during the quarter. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $6,971,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Graypoint LLC lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 21.2% in the 4th quarter. Graypoint LLC now owns 394 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $273,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the period. Paragon Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 36.7% in the 4th quarter. Paragon Advisors LLC now owns 9,524 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $6,601,000 after purchasing an additional 2,557 shares during the period. Aprio Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 713 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $494,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Threadgill Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML in the 4th quarter valued at about $265,000. Finally, Capital Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in ASML by 306.1% in the 4th quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,661 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,151,000 after buying an additional 1,252 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages recently commented on ASML. Susquehanna decreased their target price 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased 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. DZ Bank raised ASML from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on ASML from $860.00 to $840.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Two equities 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 MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $906.00.
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ASML Stock Performance
Shares of ASML stock traded up $5.01 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $768.91. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,155,044 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,657,651. The company has a market cap of $302.51 billion, a PE ratio of 36.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.75. 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 business has a fifty day moving average of $680.38 and a 200-day moving average of $702.42. ASML Holding has a 52 week low of $578.51 and a 52 week high of $1,110.09.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 16th. The semiconductor company reported $6.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.12 by $0.19. ASML had a return on equity of 47.73% and a net margin of 26.78%. The business had revenue of $8.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.90 billion. As a group, research analysts anticipate that ASML Holding will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.
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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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