Chelsea Counsel Co. Sells 600 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Chelsea Counsel Co. lowered its stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 75.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 600 shares during the period. Chelsea Counsel Co.’s holdings in ASML were worth $160,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in ASML by 12.7% in the first quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 8,407 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,571,000 after purchasing an additional 947 shares in the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in ASML in the first quarter worth about $70,000. Gradient Investments LLC raised its position in ASML by 4.0% in the first quarter. Gradient Investments LLC now owns 678 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $449,000 after purchasing an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in ASML by 59.4% in the first quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $180,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Merit Financial Group LLC raised its position in ASML by 48.0% in the first quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 2,120 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,405,000 after purchasing an additional 688 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on ASML. Morningstar lowered shares of ASML to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Arete Research raised shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, ASML currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $923.80.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML opened at $968.09 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $787.89 and a 200-day moving average of $747.14. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $977.48. The company has a market cap of $380.87 billion, a PE ratio of 40.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.81.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The business’s revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued a dividend of $1.856 per share. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This is a positive change from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML’s payout ratio is presently 26.21%.

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.