ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) Shares Purchased by Montag A & Associates Inc.

Montag A & Associates Inc. increased its stake in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 87.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,208 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 563 shares during the quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc.'s holdings in ASML were worth $837,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fairway Wealth LLC bought a new stake in ASML during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Kennebec Savings Bank increased its stake in shares of ASML by 227.3% during the fourth quarter. Kennebec Savings Bank now owns 36 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the period. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in ASML in the third quarter worth about $28,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC increased its holdings in ASML by 46.9% during the third quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 47 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the period. Finally, Albion Financial Group UT raised its holdings in ASML by 133.3% in the fourth quarter. Albion Financial Group UT now owns 56 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on ASML shares. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price objective on shares of ASML from $815.00 to $767.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 29th. BNP Paribas assumed coverage on ASML in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $858.00 price target for the company. DZ Bank upgraded ASML from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of ASML from $1,148.00 to $1,100.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $937.00.

ASML Price Performance

NASDAQ ASML traded down $1.71 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $743.09. The stock had a trading volume of 1,184,620 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,807,336. The firm's 50 day moving average is $731.65 and its 200 day moving average is $760.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $292.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.73, a PEG ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.47. ASML Holding has a twelve month low of $645.45 and a twelve month high of $1,110.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The semiconductor company reported $7.30 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%. Equities research analysts forecast that ASML Holding will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th were issued a dividend of $1.5855 per share. This is a boost from ASML's previous dividend of $1.08. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 11th. ASML's payout ratio is currently 25.67%.

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.