ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Bought by Blair William & Co. IL

Blair William & Co. IL raised its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 30.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 13,076 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,060 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in ASML were worth $10,479,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in shares of ASML by 4.3% in the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 317 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $254,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. Rossmore Private Capital lifted its position in shares of ASML by 0.3% in the first quarter. Rossmore Private Capital now owns 4,347 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,880,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Baring Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 2.8% in the second quarter. Baring Financial LLC now owns 510 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $409,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 2.6% in the first quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 602 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $399,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 15.2% in the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 114 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $76,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on ASML from $957.00 to $1,175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Arete Research upgraded ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, ASML has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,001.60.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML stock opened at $936.19 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $834.05 and its 200-day moving average is $762.48. The company has a market cap of $368.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.87. 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 Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $578.51 and a 12 month high of $1,059.00.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released 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 analysts’ expectations of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $4.01 earnings per share. 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 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued a $1.856 dividend. This is a positive change from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.