255 Shares in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Acquired by Brio Consultants LLC

Brio Consultants LLC purchased a new stake in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 255 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $204,000.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC boosted its position in shares of ASML by 5.2% in the second quarter. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $758,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. Rathbones Group PLC raised its stake in ASML by 153.8% in the 2nd quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 812 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $651,000 after purchasing an additional 492 shares in the last quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,533,000. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its position in shares of ASML by 960.2% during the 2nd quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 35,274 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,268,000 after purchasing an additional 31,947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prospera Financial Services Inc raised its position in shares of ASML by 115.9% in the second quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 5,144 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,125,000 after buying an additional 2,761 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ASML. Bank Degroof downgraded ASML to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Erste Group Bank upgraded ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Rothschild Redb upgraded ASML from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Mizuho upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,076.33.

ASML Trading Down 1.2%

ASML opened at $1,016.96 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.70. ASML Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $578.51 and a fifty-two week high of $1,086.11. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $952.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $817.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $399.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.39, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.88.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 15th. The semiconductor company reported $6.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.27 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $8.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.99 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 47.74% and a net margin of 27.08%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $5.28 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 29th were given a dividend of $1.857 per share. This represents a $7.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 29th. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.86. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.76%.

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.