ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Bought by Rhumbline Advisers

Rhumbline Advisers grew its stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 12.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 8,407 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 947 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers' holdings in ASML were worth $5,571,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ASML. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of ASML by 70,115.5% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,400,800 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $9,282,120,000 after buying an additional 1,398,805 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of ASML during the 1st quarter valued at $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of ASML by 101.0% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $484,562,000 after buying an additional 367,505 shares during the period. 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 valued at $403,215,000 after buying an additional 307,214 shares during the period. Finally, First Manhattan CO. LLC. increased its position in shares of ASML by 61.0% in the first quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $469,183,000 after acquiring an additional 268,172 shares in the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $813.87 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $320.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.97, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.80. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $873.65. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $749.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $728.45. 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 (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This is an increase from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML's payout ratio is 26.17%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ASML has been the subject of several recent research reports. UBS Group raised shares of ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. Barclays reissued an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, June 3rd. New Street Research raised shares of ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, June 17th. They issued a "market perform" rating and a $806.00 price objective for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, ASML 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.

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