Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB Purchases 377 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB lifted its position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 17.0% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 2,593 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 377 shares during the quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB’s holdings in ASML were worth $2,078,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Putney Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of ASML by 322.2% during the first quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Maseco LLP bought a new position in shares of ASML during the second quarter valued at $32,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter valued at $27,000. Costello Asset Management INC lifted its holdings in shares of ASML by 147.1% during the second quarter. Costello Asset Management INC now owns 42 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PARK CIRCLE Co lifted its holdings in shares of ASML by 80.0% during the second quarter. PARK CIRCLE Co now owns 45 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

ASML Stock Up 2.7%

ASML stock opened at $1,009.81 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.43. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $852.01 and a 200 day moving average of $768.34. The stock has a market cap of $397.14 billion, a PE ratio of 42.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.87. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $1,059.00.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). The company had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.01 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Friday, October 10th. Morgan Stanley raised ASML from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price objective on ASML from $965.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,001.60.

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.