Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 17.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,623 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,411 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $8,018,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Hilltop National Bank grew its holdings in ASML by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Hilltop National Bank now owns 975 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $997,000 after acquiring an additional 10 shares in the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank lifted its position in shares of ASML by 4.2% in the 1st quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 273 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 11 shares during the last quarter. Investment Partners LTD. lifted its position in ASML by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 898 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $871,000 after purchasing an additional 11 shares during the last quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. lifted its position in ASML by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 1,134 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,159,000 after purchasing an additional 12 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pure Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in ASML by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter. Pure Financial Advisors LLC now owns 444 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $454,000 after purchasing an additional 12 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company's stock.
ASML opened at $840.69 on Monday. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $844.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $923.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.52. ASML Holding has a twelve month low of $573.86 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09. The firm has a market cap of $330.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.37, a PEG ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 1.48.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 17th. The semiconductor company reported $4.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.87 by $0.14. ASML had a net margin of 26.50% and a return on equity of 49.93%. The business had revenue of $6.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $5.37 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that ASML Holding will post 20.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 7th. Investors of record on Monday, July 29th were paid a dividend of $1.8732 per share. This represents a $7.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.89%. This is a boost from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 29th. ASML's dividend payout ratio is presently 30.17%.
ASML has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays upgraded shares of ASML from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Berenberg Bank upgraded shares of ASML to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Susquehanna dropped their price target on shares of ASML from $1,300.00 to $1,100.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of ASML from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, UBS Group downgraded shares of ASML from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $1,071.80.
View Our Latest Analysis on ASML
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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