What Our Analysts Know About ASML

By Harris Dyer • Wednesday, July 17 15:09 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Technology company ASML has moved -12.4% so far today on a volume of 3,921,518, compared to its average of 990,688. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -1.0%.

ASML trades -19.1% away from its average analyst target price of $1156.33 per share. The 11 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $762.86 to $1406.52, and on average have given ASML a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in ASML, you'll want to know the following:

ASML's current price is 656.9% above its Graham number of $123.6, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
ASML has moved 49.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 24.1%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 19.65, ASML has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 47.6 while the S&P 500 average is 27.65
ASML has a forward P/E ratio of 28.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $32.77 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.18 — a number near or below 1 signifying that ASML is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 26.68 compared to its sector average of 4.25
ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems for chipmakers.
Based in Veldhoven, the company has 40,940 full time employees and a market cap of $371.0 Billion. ASML currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.4%.

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