Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Has $26.75 Million Stock Holdings in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 1,683.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 38,590 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 36,426 shares during the quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership's holdings in ASML were worth $26,746,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its position in ASML by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,788,280 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,239,421,000 after buying an additional 31,231 shares during the last quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC increased its holdings in shares of ASML by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC now owns 664,100 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $553,361,000 after acquiring an additional 25,600 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in shares of ASML by 4,880.5% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 335,284 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $247,019,000 after acquiring an additional 328,552 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of ASML by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 258,638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $215,530,000 after acquiring an additional 35,926 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in ASML in the 4th quarter worth approximately $175,257,000. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. DZ Bank raised shares of ASML from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of ASML from $1,148.00 to $1,100.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $937.00.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML stock traded down $17.67 during trading on Friday, reaching $605.55. 4,014,396 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,580,630. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $716.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $726.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a market capitalization of $238.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.67. ASML Holding has a twelve month low of $597.69 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The semiconductor company reported $7.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $7.67 by ($0.37). ASML had a net margin of 26.78% and a return on equity of 47.73%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that ASML Holding will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 28th will be given a dividend of $1.5855 per share. This is a positive change from ASML's previous dividend of $1.08. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 28th. ASML's payout ratio is 31.35%.

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.