Biondo Investment Advisors LLC Has $8.64 Million Stock Position in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Biondo Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 97.6% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 13,031 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 6,437 shares during the quarter. Biondo Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $8,635,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Putney Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of ASML by 322.2% in the first quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 29 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new position in shares of ASML in the first quarter worth about $27,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML in the first quarter worth about $33,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML in the first quarter worth about $35,000. Finally, Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. purchased a new position in ASML during the first quarter valued at approximately $42,000. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on ASML. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Barclays reissued an “equal weight” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. DZ Bank lowered shares of ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. New Street Research raised shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. 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 analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, ASML presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $923.80.

ASML Price Performance

NASDAQ ASML opened at $754.89 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $296.99 billion, a PE ratio of 31.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $754.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $726.03. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12-month low of $578.51 and a 12-month high of $922.13.

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). The business had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. ASML’s revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. 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 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s payout ratio is 26.17%.

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.