ASML Stock Forecast, Price & News

ASML's stock was trading at $264.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ASML shares have increased by 65.7% and is now trading at $437.77.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ASML in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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ASML is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 27th 2021.
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ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 14th. The semiconductor company reported $2.96 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.38. The semiconductor company had revenue of $4.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.25 billion. ASML had a net margin of 24.30% and a return on equity of 25.91%.
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ASML declared a semi-annual dividend on Thursday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 3rd will be given a dividend of $1.4095 per share on Friday, November 13th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 2nd. This is an increase from ASML's previous semi-annual dividend of $1.27.
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ASML updated its fourth quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.206-4.44 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.31 billion.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for ASML's stock. Their forecasts range from $310.00 to $455.00. On average, they anticipate ASML's stock price to reach $379.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.4%.
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ASML saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,020,000 shares, a drop of 26.1% from the October 15th total of 1,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 755,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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ASML trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ASML."

ASML's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include WCM Investment Management LLC (1.04%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.87%), Sands Capital Management LLC (0.63%), BlackRock Inc. (0.45%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.26%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.18%).

ASML stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Sands Capital Management LLC, Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, TD Asset Management Inc., and Cambiar Investors LLC.

ASML stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Fisher Asset Management LLC, WCM Investment Management LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, and Voloridge Investment Management LLC.

Shares of ASML can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ASML stock can currently be purchased for approximately $437.77.

ASML has a market capitalization of $183.78 billion and generates $13.24 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $2.90 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.89 on an earnings per share basis. ASML employs 24,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for ASML is www.asml.com.

ASML's mailing address is DE RUN 6501, DR VELDHOVEN P7, 5500. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 1 480 235 0934 or via email at [email protected]