Boston Family Office LLC Purchases 417 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Boston Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 5.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,856 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 417 shares during the period. Boston Family Office LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $6,295,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ASML. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC raised its stake in shares of ASML by 5.2% in the first quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 2,511 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,664,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new stake in ASML during the first quarter worth $27,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised its position in ASML by 13.5% in the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 1,041 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $690,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in ASML by 16.4% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 468 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $310,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in ASML by 8.0% during the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 49,156 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $32,573,000 after acquiring an additional 3,635 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $1,054.93 on Monday. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52 week low of $578.51 and a 52 week high of $1,086.11. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $1,013.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $851.95. The firm has a market cap of $414.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 1.31.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 15th. The semiconductor company reported $6.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.27 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $8.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.99 billion. ASML had a net margin of 27.08% and a return on equity of 47.74%. ASML’s quarterly revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $5.28 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Stockholders 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 represents a $7.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.86. ASML’s payout ratio is currently 25.76%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ASML has been the subject of several analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of ASML from $1,105.00 to $1,140.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Friday, October 10th. New Street Research reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Redburn Partners set a $1,200.00 target price on ASML in a report on Friday, November 7th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, ASML presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.