ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Purchased by Country Club Bank

Country Club Bank raised its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 9.0% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 2,589 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 213 shares during the period. Country Club Bank’s holdings in ASML were worth $2,061,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Putney Financial Group LLC grew its position in ASML by 322.2% in the first quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Maseco LLP acquired a new stake in ASML in the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in ASML in the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new stake in ASML in the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new stake in ASML in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML stock opened at $1,002.30 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $394.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.83, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.87. ASML Holding N.V. has a 1 year low of $578.51 and a 1 year high of $1,059.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $818.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $757.31.

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 company had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.01 earnings per share. 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 business 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 is an increase from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.21%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ASML. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of ASML from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, ASML presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $938.80.

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.