1,764 Shares in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Bought by Victrix Investment Advisors

Victrix Investment Advisors purchased a new position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 1,764 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,414,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Acadian Asset Management LLC lifted its position in ASML by 97.6% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 153,939 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $101,978,000 after buying an additional 76,023 shares during the last quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 12.3% during the first quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $266,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Planning Group LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 12.5% during the second quarter. Strategic Planning Group LLC now owns 6,552 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,251,000 after purchasing an additional 730 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its position in shares of ASML by 12.7% during the first 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 last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 5.0% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,928 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $7,241,000 after purchasing an additional 519 shares during the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $968.09 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $380.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.40, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.80. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $578.51 and a 12 month high of $977.48. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $787.89 and its 200-day moving average price is $747.14.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.01 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid a $1.856 dividend. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s payout ratio is presently 26.21%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ASML has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. Mizuho upgraded ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday. UBS Group upgraded ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Morningstar downgraded ASML to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $923.80.

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.