Angeles Investment Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 60.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 444 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 688 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $308,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of ASML by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 3,186,222 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,654,921,000 after acquiring an additional 31,879 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its stake in shares of ASML by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,788,280 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,239,421,000 after purchasing an additional 31,231 shares during the period. Windacre Partnership LLC raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 4.0% during the third quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC now owns 664,100 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $553,361,000 after buying an additional 25,600 shares during the last quarter. Amundi boosted its position in shares of ASML by 4,880.5% during the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 335,284 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $247,019,000 after buying an additional 328,552 shares during the period. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in ASML by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 258,638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $215,530,000 after buying an additional 35,926 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
ASML Price Performance
Shares of ASML traded down $7.21 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $698.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 175,778 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,526,734. ASML Holding has a fifty-two week low of $645.45 and a fifty-two week high of $1,110.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $274.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.60, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.54. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $730.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $732.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.99.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The semiconductor company reported $7.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $7.67 by ($0.37). ASML had a net margin of 26.78% and a return on equity of 47.73%. On average, research analysts predict that ASML Holding will post 25.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.
ASML Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th were given a $1.5855 dividend. This is a positive change from ASML's previous dividend of $1.08. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 11th. ASML's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.35%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. DZ Bank upgraded ASML from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of ASML from $1,148.00 to $1,100.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their target price on shares of ASML from $815.00 to $767.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 29th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Finally, BNP Paribas initiated coverage on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. They set an "outperform" rating and a $858.00 price objective on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, ASML has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $937.00.
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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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