ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) is Fisher Asset Management LLC's 9th Largest Position – Defense World
Posted by Defense World Staff on Jun 17th, 2024 
Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML – Free Report) by 2.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,967,958 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 95,795 shares during the quarter. ASML accounts for approximately 1.8% of Fisher Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Fisher Asset Management LLC owned about 1.26% of ASML worth $3,760,348,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of ASML. Townsquare Capital LLC boosted its stake in ASML by 11.5% in the third quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 8,516 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,013,000 after buying an additional 881 shares in the last quarter. Savoie Capital LLC bought a new stake in ASML in the third quarter valued at approximately $14,658,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its position in ASML by 48,040.7% in the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 245,999 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $186,202,000 after purchasing an additional 245,488 shares during the last quarter. CenterBook Partners LP lifted its position in ASML by 69.2% in the third quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 11,529 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,787,000 after purchasing an additional 4,716 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Griffin Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in ASML by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Griffin Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,608 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $14,842,000 after purchasing an additional 1,661 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.
Several analysts have weighed in on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their price objective on ASML from $1,072.00 to $1,052.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 12th. Evercore ISI initiated coverage on ASML in a report on Tuesday, April 16th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on ASML from $1,050.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 2nd. Redburn Atlantic upgraded ASML from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Finally, HSBC initiated coverage on ASML in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,036.00.
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ASML opened at $1,027.90 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $947.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $885.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a market cap of $405.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.49. ASML Holding has a 12-month low of $563.99 and a 12-month high of $1,077.22.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 17th. The semiconductor company reported $3.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.84 by $0.54. The business had revenue of $5.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.73 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 56.99% and a net margin of 27.23%. Research analysts predict that ASML Holding will post 20.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 29th were paid a $1.343 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 26th. This represents a $5.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.52%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is currently 32.53%.
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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.
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