Exchange Capital Management Inc. Has $996,000 Position in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Exchange Capital Management Inc. reduced its stake in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,243 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 37 shares during the quarter. Exchange Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in ASML were worth $996,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rhumbline Advisers grew its holdings in ASML by 12.7% in the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 8,407 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,571,000 after buying an additional 947 shares in the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at about $70,000. Merit Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of ASML by 48.0% in the first quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 2,120 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,405,000 after acquiring an additional 688 shares in the last quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in ASML by 28.4% in the 1st quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,348 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,556,000 after purchasing an additional 520 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of ASML by 29.3% during the 1st quarter. Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC now owns 375 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $248,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ASML opened at $1,032.22 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.43. ASML Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $578.51 and a fifty-two week high of $1,040.23. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $806.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $753.05. The company has a market capitalization of $406.10 billion, a PE ratio of 43.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.87.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly 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). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.01 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed 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 boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is 26.21%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently issued reports on ASML. Arete Research upgraded ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. New Street Research upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Erste Group Bank upgraded shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, ASML currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.