ASML Holding NV (ASML) Stock: What Does the Chart Say Thursday?

Overall market sentiment has been high on ASML Holding NV (ASML) stock lately. ASML receives a Bullish rating from InvestorsObserver Stock Sentiment Indicator.

ASML Holding NV has a Bullish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on ASML!

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What is Stock Sentiment?

In investing, sentiment generally means whether or not a given security is in favor with investors. It is typically a pretty short-term metric that relies entirely on technical analysis. That means it doesn’t incorporate anything to do with the health or profitability of the underlying company. Sentiment is how investors, or the market, feels about a stock. There are lots of ways to measure sentiment. At the core, sentiment is pretty easy to understand. If a stock is going up, investors must be bullish, while if it is going down, sentiment is bearish. InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Indicator looks at price trends over the past week and also considers changes in volume. Increasing volume can mean a trend is getting stronger, while decreasing volume can mean a trend is nearing a conclusion. For stocks that have options, our system also considers the balance between calls, which are often bets that the price will go up, and puts, which are frequently bets that the price will fall.

What's Happening With ASML Stock Today?

ASML Holding NV (ASML) stock is higher by 1.26% while the S&P 500 has fallen -0.05% as of 11:49 AM on Thursday, Jul 22. ASML has risen $9.06 from the previous closing price of $721.00 on volume of 546,383 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 has gained 33.75% while ASML has risen 90.21%. ASML earned $13.55 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.72. To screen for more stocks like ASML Holding NV click here.

More About ASML Holding NV

Founded in 1984 and based in the Netherlands, ASML is a leading manufacturer of photolithography systems used in the manufacturing of semiconductors. Photolithography is the process in which a light source is used to expose circuit patterns from a photomask onto a semiconductor wafer. The latest technological advances in this segment allow chipmakers to continually increase the number of transistors on the same area of silicon, with lithography historically representing a meaningful portion of the cost of making cutting-edge chips. Chipmakers require next-generation EUV lithography tools from ASML to continue past the 7-nanometer process node. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for ASML Holding NV stock.