ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) shot up 1.2% during mid-day trading on Monday after Mizuho upgraded the stock from a neutral rating to an outperform rating. The company traded as high as $972.07 and last traded at $962.61. 1,195,921 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 30% from the average session volume of 1,704,465 shares. The stock had previously closed at $951.52.
A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on ASML. Morningstar lowered shares of ASML to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. DZ Bank restated a "neutral" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 17th. They set a "market perform" rating and a $806.00 target price for the company. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $923.80.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter valued at about $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of ASML by 101.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $484,562,000 after purchasing an additional 367,505 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its stake in shares of ASML by 91.6% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 642,498 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $403,215,000 after purchasing an additional 307,214 shares in the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. raised its stake 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 buying an additional 268,172 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of ASML by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 4,244,254 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $3,401,304,000 after buying an additional 250,934 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
ASML Trading Up 1.2%
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 company has a market cap of $378.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.18, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.80. The business's 50 day moving average price is $777.78 and its 200-day moving average price is $743.85.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last issued 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). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The company had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $4.01 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.
ASML Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a dividend of $1.856 per share. This is a boost from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. ASML's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.21%.
ASML Company Profile
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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.
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