Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. Purchases 103 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. increased its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 10,025 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 103 shares during the period. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc.’s holdings in ASML were worth $8,034,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ASML. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of ASML in the 1st quarter valued at about $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in ASML by 101.0% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $484,562,000 after purchasing an additional 367,505 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 91.6% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 642,498 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $403,215,000 after purchasing an additional 307,214 shares during the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 61.0% in the 1st quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $469,183,000 after purchasing an additional 268,172 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 26.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $631,079,000 after purchasing an additional 199,740 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Trading Down 1.2%

NASDAQ ASML opened at $1,016.96 on Friday. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $1,086.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a market capitalization of $399.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.88. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $952.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $815.89.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 15th. The semiconductor company reported $6.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.27 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $8.71 billion for 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 revenue for the quarter was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $5.28 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 29th were given a dividend of $1.857 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 29th. This is a positive change from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.86. This represents a $7.43 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. ASML’s payout ratio is currently 25.76%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on ASML shares. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “market perform” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Evercore ISI reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Rothschild Redb raised shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,076.33.

ASML Company 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.