Tectonic Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML – Free Report) by 4.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 395 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 18 shares during the quarter. Tectonic Advisors LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $316,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of ASML. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 26.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $631,079,000 after buying an additional 199,740 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 905,708 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $600,175,000 after buying an additional 7,164 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 101.0% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $484,562,000 after buying an additional 367,505 shares in the last quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co now owns 710,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $470,910,000 after buying an additional 18,516 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Manhattan CO. LLC. raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 61.0% during the 1st quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,183,000 after buying an additional 268,172 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.
ASML Price Performance
Shares of ASML stock opened at $936.19 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.81. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $1,059.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $368.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.87. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $834.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $762.09.
ASML Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid a dividend of $1.856 per share. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s payout ratio is presently 26.21%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on ASML shares. Mizuho raised ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Susquehanna raised their price objective on ASML from $965.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Friday. Arete Research raised ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on ASML from $957.00 to $1,175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,001.60.
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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.
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