ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Acquired by PARK CIRCLE Co

PARK CIRCLE Co boosted its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 80.0% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 45 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the quarter. PARK CIRCLE Co’s holdings in ASML were worth $36,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ASML. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at approximately $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of ASML by 101.0% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $484,562,000 after purchasing an additional 367,505 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its stake in shares of ASML by 91.6% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 642,498 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $403,215,000 after purchasing an additional 307,214 shares during the period. First Manhattan CO. LLC. increased its holdings in shares of ASML by 61.0% in the 1st quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,183,000 after purchasing an additional 268,172 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 26.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $631,079,000 after purchasing an additional 199,740 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday. Mizuho raised ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Erste Group Bank raised ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on ASML from $957.00 to $1,175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, ASML presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $938.80.

ASML Stock Performance

NASDAQ ASML opened at $987.81 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. ASML Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $578.51 and a fifty-two week high of $1,059.00. The business has a fifty day moving average of $823.41 and a 200-day moving average of $758.90. The stock has a market cap of $388.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 1.87.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 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 company 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts predict that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This is a positive change from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. ASML’s payout ratio 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.