Valley Brook Capital Group Inc. Grows Stake in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Valley Brook Capital Group Inc. boosted its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 22.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 705 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the period. Valley Brook Capital Group Inc.’s holdings in ASML were worth $565,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. CWM LLC increased its stake in ASML by 6.8% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,644 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,722,000 after purchasing an additional 296 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its position in ASML by 6.9% during the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 18,899 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $15,153,000 after buying an additional 1,225 shares in the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in ASML by 16.9% during the second quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,618 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,701,000 after buying an additional 667 shares in the last quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. increased its position in ASML by 7.5% during the second quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 100,866 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $80,833,000 after buying an additional 7,035 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Apollon Wealth Management LLC increased its position in ASML by 1.0% during the second quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,656 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,937,000 after buying an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

ASML Stock Down 4.5%

Shares of NASDAQ ASML opened at $936.19 on Friday. ASML Holding N.V. has a 1 year low of $578.51 and a 1 year high of $1,059.00. The firm has a market cap of $368.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.07, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.87. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $834.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $762.48.

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 business had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The firm’s revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate 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. The ex-dividend date 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 payout ratio is presently 26.21%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have weighed in on ASML shares. Bank Degroof downgraded ASML to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on ASML from $957.00 to $1,175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Susquehanna raised their price target on ASML from $965.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Arete Research upgraded ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ASML has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,001.60.

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.