American Century Companies Inc. Sells 1,384 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

American Century Companies Inc. cut its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 2.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 61,190 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,384 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc.’s holdings in ASML were worth $40,546,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Putney Financial Group LLC boosted its position in ASML by 322.2% in the 1st quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new position in ASML in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC bought a new position in ASML in the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new position in ASML in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Olde Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in ASML in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Erste Group Bank reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein started coverage on ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 17th. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $806.00 price target on the stock. DZ Bank downgraded ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, New Street Research raised ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ASML currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $923.80.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $749.49 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $294.86 billion, a PE ratio of 31.28, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.76. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $578.51 and a 12 month high of $945.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $755.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $725.84.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). The business had revenue of $8.94 billion for 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 quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts predict that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS 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 paid a dividend of $1.856 per share. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.