Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC Purchases Shares of 940 ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 940 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $753,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ASML. Putney Financial Group LLC grew its position in ASML by 322.2% during 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 during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new stake in ASML during the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Maseco LLP acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Costello Asset Management INC lifted its stake in shares of ASML by 147.1% during the second quarter. Costello Asset Management INC now owns 42 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on ASML shares. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on ASML from $965.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “market perform” rating and set a $935.00 price objective on shares of ASML in a research note on Thursday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Arete Research upgraded ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Finally, Morningstar cut ASML to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,001.60.

ASML Trading Up 5.2%

NASDAQ:ASML opened at $984.66 on Tuesday. 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 one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $1,059.00. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $839.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $765.15. The stock has a market cap of $387.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.87.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The business 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 company’s revenue 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, sell-side 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. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid a dividend of $1.856 per share. 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 annualized dividend and a 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.