ASML’s (ASML) “Neutral” Rating Reaffirmed at New Street Research

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reiterated by research analysts at New Street Research in a report released on Monday, Marketbeat.com reports.

A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Erste Group Bank raised shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Morningstar downgraded shares of ASML to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of ASML from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $938.80.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML traded up $19.55 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $1,051.77. 400,762 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,694,240. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $806.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $753.31. ASML has a twelve month low of $578.51 and a twelve month high of $1,059.00. The company has a market capitalization of $413.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.85, a PEG ratio of 1.74 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 (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). The company had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The business’s revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that ASML will post 25.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ASML

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in ASML in the first quarter valued at about $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 101.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $484,562,000 after buying an additional 367,505 shares in the last quarter. Amundi lifted its stake in ASML by 91.6% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 642,498 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $403,215,000 after acquiring an additional 307,214 shares in the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. raised its position in ASML by 61.0% in the 1st quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,183,000 after purchasing an additional 268,172 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in ASML by 6.3% during the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 4,244,254 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,401,304,000 after purchasing an additional 250,934 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

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.