With 1.81 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.72 million shares. The 52-week range on ASML shows that it touched its highest point at $1110.09 and its lowest point at $578.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $861.46. With its current market cap of 300.43 billion, ASML has annualized dividend of $6.95 while the current yield stands at 0.91%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.75.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ASML was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.34%, but this was up by 14.22% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.45% while six-month performance rose 12.80%. The stock lost -16.38% in the past year, while it has gained 10.22% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ASML yields 23.73 with Next year EPS estimates of 30.41. For the next quarter, that number is 6.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 32.49% for this year and 14.44% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 22.72% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 24.74%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 393.28 million ASML shares are outstanding with a float of 393.06 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ASML since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $20.66705 being high and $19.42487 being low. For ASML, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $19.9726. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $6.72 and the low estimate is $5.08. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $5.93.
