Breed s Hill Capital LLC Invests $271,000 in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Breed s Hill Capital LLC acquired a new position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $271,000.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Toth Financial Advisory Corp increased its stake in shares of ASML by 11.5% during the fourth quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp now owns 126 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $95,000 after purchasing an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. Slow Capital Inc. grew its stake in shares of ASML by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Slow Capital Inc. now owns 4,407 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,336,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares during the last quarter. Alera Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Alera Investment Advisors LLC now owns 492 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $372,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Marcum Wealth LLC raised its holdings in ASML by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Marcum Wealth LLC now owns 478 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $362,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allred Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Allred Capital Management LLC now owns 1,080 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $817,000 after buying an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on ASML shares. Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price objective on shares of ASML from $1,072.00 to $1,052.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 12th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of ASML from $1,050.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 2nd. Raymond James raised their price objective on shares of ASML from $850.00 to $1,000.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Cantor Fitzgerald assumed coverage on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. They issued an “overweight” rating on the stock. Finally, Redburn Atlantic upgraded ASML from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 20th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,036.00.

ASML Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ:ASML traded up $2.07 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $913.54. The stock had a trading volume of 755,533 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,199,610. ASML Holding has a one year low of $563.99 and a one year high of $1,056.34. The company has a market capitalization of $360.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.66, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.49. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $949.28 and a 200 day moving average of $822.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 17th. The semiconductor company reported $3.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.84 by $0.54. ASML had a net margin of 27.23% and a return on equity of 56.99%. The business had revenue of $5.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.73 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ASML Holding will post 20.04 EPS for the current year.

ASML Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 29th were given a dividend of $1.343 per share. This represents a $5.37 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 26th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.53%.

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.