ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) Shares Purchased by Blue Square Asset Management LLC

Blue Square Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) by 0.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,850 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14 shares during the quarter. Blue Square Asset Management LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $1,892,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ASML. Aveo Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of ASML by 25.7% in the fourth quarter. Aveo Capital Partners LLC now owns 636 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $481,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in ASML by 16.6% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 37,168 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,133,000 after buying an additional 5,297 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in ASML by 17.8% during the fourth quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,111 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $841,000 after buying an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. McKinley Carter Wealth Services Inc. purchased a new stake in ASML during the fourth quarter worth $211,000. Finally, Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its holdings in ASML by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 4,722 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,574,000 after buying an additional 221 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ASML has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of ASML from $1,172.00 to $1,202.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th. UBS Group downgraded shares of ASML from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Barclays raised shares of ASML from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. Susquehanna increased their price target on shares of ASML from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, July 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of ASML from $1,150.00 to $1,185.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, ASML currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,147.80.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML opened at $751.38 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $914.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $948.40. The company has a market cap of $296.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.37, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.49. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. ASML Holding has a 52-week low of $563.99 and a 52-week high of $1,110.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 17th. The semiconductor company reported $4.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.87 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $6.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.50% and a return on equity of 49.93%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $5.37 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that ASML Holding will post 20.37 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 29th were given a $1.8732 dividend. This represents a $7.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.00%. 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 28.50%.

ASML Company 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.