Financial & Tax Architects LLC Purchases 688 Shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Financial & Tax Architects LLC increased its holdings in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 48.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,114 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 688 shares during the quarter. Financial & Tax Architects LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $1,465,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of ASML. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. increased its stake in ASML by 24.5% during the 3rd quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 61 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 12 shares during the period. Matrix Private Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter. Matrix Private Capital Group LLC now owns 248 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $254,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 21.2% during the third quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC increased its position in ASML by 46.9% in the 3rd quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 47 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of ASML by 1.7% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 922 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $768,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

ASML Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of ASML traded up $6.05 on Friday, reaching $756.33. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,932,491 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,230,726. The stock has a market capitalization of $297.56 billion, a PE ratio of 39.60, a PEG ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a current ratio of 1.55, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. ASML Holding has a twelve month low of $645.45 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $706.71 and a 200-day moving average of $799.04.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 15th. The semiconductor company reported $5.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.24 by $0.56. ASML had a return on equity of 47.61% and a net margin of 26.40%. The firm had revenue of $8.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.66 billion. Equities analysts predict that ASML Holding will post 20.57 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently weighed in on ASML. Morgan Stanley downgraded ASML from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, September 20th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their price objective on ASML from $815.00 to $767.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 29th. Susquehanna reduced their target price on ASML from $1,300.00 to $1,100.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 11th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of ASML from $1,207.00 to $1,148.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $955.50.

ASML 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.