Willner & Heller LLC Acquires 62 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Willner & Heller LLC raised its position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 6.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 62 shares during the period. Willner & Heller LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $881,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ASML. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its position in shares of ASML by 12.7% in the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 8,407 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,571,000 after purchasing an additional 947 shares during the period. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of ASML in the 1st quarter worth about $70,000. Merit Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 48.0% in the 1st 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 during the period. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of ASML by 28.4% in the 1st quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,348 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,556,000 after purchasing an additional 520 shares during the period. Finally, Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 29.3% in the 1st quarter. Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC now owns 375 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $248,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $1,032.22 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $806.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $753.05. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52 week low of $578.51 and a 52 week high of $1,040.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $406.10 billion, a PE ratio of 43.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.87. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $4.01 earnings per share. The business’s 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. As a group, equities research analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. ASML’s payout ratio is 26.21%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently commented on ASML. Mizuho raised shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. New Street Research upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Morningstar lowered shares of ASML to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Arete Research upgraded shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ASML has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $923.80.

ASML Company 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.