Cooper Financial Group Has $735,000 Position in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Cooper Financial Group lowered its position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 42.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 917 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 685 shares during the quarter. Cooper Financial Group’s holdings in ASML were worth $735,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in ASML by 26.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $631,079,000 after purchasing an additional 199,740 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 0.8% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 905,708 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $600,175,000 after buying an additional 7,164 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 101.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $484,562,000 after buying an additional 367,505 shares during the period. Fayez Sarofim & Co boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.7% in the first quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co now owns 710,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $470,910,000 after buying an additional 18,516 shares during the period. Finally, First Manhattan CO. LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 61.0% in the first quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,183,000 after buying an additional 268,172 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on ASML. Morningstar cut shares of ASML to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. DZ Bank reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Thursday, September 25th. New Street Research upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Arete Research upgraded shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $923.80.

ASML Trading Up 3.6%

ASML stock opened at $1,003.27 on Thursday. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $1,005.36. The stock has a market cap of $394.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $793.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $748.90. 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 posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The company had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.01 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. 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. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.21%.

About ASML

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.