Parkside Financial Bank & Trust Acquires 35 Shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Parkside Financial Bank & Trust increased its holdings in shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) by 16.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 242 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust’s holdings in ASML were worth $183,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Carmel Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in ASML by 200.0% during the 3rd quarter. Carmel Capital Partners LLC now owns 45 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC boosted its position in ASML by 220.0% during the 3rd quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 48 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV boosted its position in ASML by 48.4% during the 4th quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 46 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in ASML by 35.4% during the 3rd quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 65 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bradley & Co. Private Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in ASML by 7,300.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bradley & Co. Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 74 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

ASML Stock Down 1.0 %

ASML stock opened at $892.32 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $352.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.57, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.48. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $956.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $801.54. ASML Holding has a fifty-two week low of $563.99 and a fifty-two week high of $1,056.34.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 24th. The semiconductor company reported $5.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.12 by $0.48. ASML had a return on equity of 56.99% and a net margin of 27.23%. The company had revenue of $7.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.34 billion. On average, equities analysts anticipate that ASML Holding will post 20.04 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 29th will be given a $1.343 dividend. This represents a $5.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 26th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.02%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on ASML. Evercore ISI began coverage on ASML in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. HSBC started coverage on ASML in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their price objective on ASML from $1,072.00 to $1,052.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on ASML in a report on Tuesday, January 23rd. They issued an “overweight” rating for the company. Finally, Susquehanna increased their price objective on ASML from $830.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, January 26th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ASML has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,036.00.

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.