Curi RMB Capital LLC Acquires Shares of 9,562 ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Key Points

• Curi RMB Capital LLC acquired 9,562 shares of ASML Holding N.V., valued at approximately $6.34 million, as part of its 1st quarter investment strategy.
• ASML's latest quarterly earnings report revealed a missed EPS estimate of $4.55, falling short of the $5.94 consensus, while the company's revenue was $8.94 billion, exceeding expectations.
• The dividend recently declared by ASML increased to $1.856 per share, resulting in a 1.0% yield based on an annualized dividend of $7.42.

Curi RMB Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 9,562 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $6,336,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Putney Financial Group LLC raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in shares of ASML during the first quarter worth $27,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new stake in ASML in the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of ASML in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new position in ASML in the 1st quarter valued at about $42,000. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently issued reports on ASML. New Street Research upgraded shares of ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. UBS Group raised shares of ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. DZ Bank lowered shares of ASML from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $923.80.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of ASML traded up $16.62 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $798.32. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,011,518 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,703,995. The company has a market cap of $314.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.32, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $749.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $726.11. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52-week low of $578.51 and a 52-week high of $873.65.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). The business had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The company's revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

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