4,351 Shares in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) Purchased by Interval Partners LP

Interval Partners LP bought a new position in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 4,351 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,450,000.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of ASML. American Capital Advisory LLC purchased a new position in ASML in the first quarter worth $26,000. WD Rutherford LLC purchased a new position in shares of ASML in the 1st quarter valued at about $29,000. Triad Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ASML in the second quarter valued at about $31,000. First Community Trust NA purchased a new stake in ASML during the second quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, POM Investment Strategies LLC acquired a new position in ASML during the second quarter worth about $36,000. 26.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on ASML shares. Susquehanna boosted their price target on ASML from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of ASML from $1,172.00 to $1,202.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of ASML from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday. UBS Group lowered ASML from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on ASML from $1,150.00 to $1,185.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 17th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ASML currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,147.80.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML opened at $803.50 on Tuesday. ASML Holding has a fifty-two week low of $563.99 and a fifty-two week high of $1,110.09. The company has a fifty day moving average of $865.70 and a 200 day moving average of $937.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $317.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.04, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.52.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 17th. The semiconductor company reported $4.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.87 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $6.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.93% and a net margin of 26.50%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $5.37 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ASML Holding will post 20.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 29th were given a dividend of $1.8732 per share. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 29th. This represents a $7.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.93%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 28.50%.

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.