Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. Cuts Stock Position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Roman Butler Fullerton & Co. reduced its position in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) by 7.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,132 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 91 shares during the quarter. Roman Butler Fullerton & Co.’s holdings in ASML were worth $781,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of ASML. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 26,866 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $22,386,000 after purchasing an additional 669 shares in the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 38.1% in the 3rd quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 116 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $96,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares in the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 285.5% in the 3rd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 7,101 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,917,000 after purchasing an additional 5,259 shares in the last quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of ASML in the 3rd quarter worth about $737,000. Finally, Good Life Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 52.1% in the 3rd quarter. Good Life Advisors LLC now owns 324 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $270,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on ASML shares. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. BNP Paribas started coverage on ASML in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $858.00 target price for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on ASML from $815.00 to $767.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 29th. DZ Bank upgraded ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on ASML from $1,148.00 to $1,100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Three 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 MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $937.00.

ASML Trading Down 3.3 %

ASML opened at $751.55 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $728.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $764.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $295.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.13, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.99. ASML Holding has a one year low of $645.45 and a one year high of $1,110.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The semiconductor company reported $7.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.67 by ($0.37). ASML had a net margin of 26.78% and a return on equity of 47.73%. Analysts predict that ASML Holding will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be given a $1.5855 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 11th. This is a positive change from ASML’s previous dividend of $1.08. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.83%.

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.