Exchange Traded Concepts LLC Has $8.58 Million Holdings in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Key Points

• Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. by 3.6% during Q2, now owning 10,702 shares valued at approximately $8.58 million.
• ASML's stock price has seen significant activity, with Wells Fargo raising its target price to $890 and a current consensus target price of $923.80, reflecting a strong analyst outlook.
• The company also announced a quarterly dividend increase to $1.856 per share, marking a 0.8% dividend yield and reflecting robust financial performance with a net margin of 26.95%.

Exchange Traded Concepts LLC increased its stake in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 3.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,702 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 367 shares during the quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $8,576,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of ASML. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 70,115.5% during the first 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 in the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter valued at $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 101.0% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Amundi grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 91.6% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Finally, First Manhattan CO. LLC. grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 61.0% during the first 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. New Street Research upgraded ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Morningstar downgraded ASML to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on ASML in a report on Tuesday, June 17th. They set a "market perform" rating and a $806.00 price target on the stock. UBS Group upgraded ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Arete Research raised ASML to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, September 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ASML presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $923.80.

ASML Stock Up 2.8%

ASML traded up $25.65 during trading on Monday, reaching $957.80. 1,883,223 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,494,393. The stock has a market cap of $376.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.80. ASML Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $578.51 and a fifty-two week high of $964.54. 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 stock's 50-day simple moving average is $762.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $736.58.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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). The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. ASML's revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. This is an increase from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML's payout ratio is presently 26.21%.

ASML Company 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.