ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Position Boosted by GW Henssler & Associates Ltd.

GW Henssler & Associates Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 6.4% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 14,769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 883 shares during the period. GW Henssler & Associates Ltd.’s holdings in ASML were worth $11,836,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. UMB Bank n.a. grew its stake in ASML by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 317 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $254,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. Rossmore Private Capital grew its stake in ASML by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Rossmore Private Capital now owns 4,347 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,880,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Baring Financial LLC grew its stake in ASML by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Baring Financial LLC now owns 510 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $409,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC grew its stake in ASML by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 602 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $399,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its stake in ASML by 15.2% during the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 114 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $76,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on ASML shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Jefferies Financial Group cut ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted 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. New Street Research reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $935.00 price target on shares of ASML in a research note on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,001.60.

ASML Stock Down 4.5%

Shares of ASML stock opened at $936.19 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $368.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.07, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.87. 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 50 day moving average price of $834.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $762.48. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12-month low of $578.51 and a 12-month high of $1,059.00.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current 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 given a dividend of $1.856 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. 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 yield of 0.8%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.21%.

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.