Boston Common Asset Management LLC Acquires 680 Shares of ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

Boston Common Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) by 12.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,128 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 680 shares during the period. Boston Common Asset Management LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $4,247,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Resources Management Corp CT ADV bought a new stake in shares of ASML in the 2nd quarter worth about $26,000. Fairway Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of ASML in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in ASML during the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC grew its holdings in ASML by 46.9% during the 3rd quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 47 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new position in ASML during the 3rd quarter valued at about $43,000. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on ASML shares. Susquehanna cut their price target on shares of ASML from $1,300.00 to $1,100.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 11th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of ASML from $790.00 to $860.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their price target on shares of ASML from $815.00 to $767.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 29th. BNP Paribas started coverage on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $858.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Berenberg Bank upgraded shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $955.50.

ASML Price Performance

ASML stock opened at $756.33 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $297.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.84. ASML Holding has a 1 year low of $645.45 and a 1 year high of $1,110.09. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $704.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $800.97.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 15th. The semiconductor company reported $5.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.24 by $0.56. ASML had a net margin of 26.40% and a return on equity of 47.61%. The company had revenue of $8.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.66 billion. On average, research analysts forecast that ASML Holding will post 20.57 earnings per share for the current year.

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.