Sivia Capital Partners LLC Boosts Position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) by 3.7% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 730 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 26 shares during the quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $708,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. First PREMIER Bank grew its position in shares of ASML by 4.2% in the first quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 273 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $265,000 after purchasing an additional 11 shares during the last quarter. Investment Partners LTD. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 1.2% during the first quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 898 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $871,000 after purchasing an additional 11 shares during the last quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp grew its position in shares of ASML by 11.5% in the fourth quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp now owns 126 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $95,000 after purchasing an additional 13 shares during the period. Slow Capital Inc. lifted its position in ASML by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Slow Capital Inc. now owns 4,407 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,336,000 after buying an additional 13 shares during the period. Finally, Miracle Mile Advisors LLC boosted its stake in ASML by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC now owns 287 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $279,000 after buying an additional 13 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML traded up $19.20 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $1,067.09. 501,147 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,125,224. The firm has a market capitalization of $421.06 billion, a PE ratio of 54.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.49. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $970.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $913.09. ASML Holding has a 1-year low of $563.99 and a 1-year high of $1,077.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.54.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 17th. The semiconductor company reported $3.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.84 by $0.54. ASML had a net margin of 27.23% and a return on equity of 56.99%. The company had revenue of $5.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.73 billion. Equities research analysts predict that ASML Holding will post 20.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

ASML Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 7th. Investors of record on Monday, April 29th were given a $1.343 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 26th. This represents a $5.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.50%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 32.53%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ASML has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Evercore ISI started coverage on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their target price on ASML from $1,072.00 to $1,052.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 12th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on ASML from $1,150.00 to $1,185.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,043.00.

About 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.