Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec Has $14.40 Million Stock Position in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec raised its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 3.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 21,734 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 691 shares during the quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec's holdings in ASML were worth $14,402,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 12.3% during the 1st quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $266,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 12.7% during the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 8,407 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $5,571,000 after purchasing an additional 947 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,478 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,304,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Lyell Wealth Management LP grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Lyell Wealth Management LP now owns 19,483 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $12,910,000 after purchasing an additional 459 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 34,418 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $22,806,000 after purchasing an additional 763 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company's stock.

ASML Price Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $725.85 on Wednesday. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $751.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $726.01. 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 firm has a market cap of $285.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.80. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $892.73.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last announced 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). The company had revenue of $8.94 billion during 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 quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid a $1.856 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. This is a positive change from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML's payout ratio is presently 26.21%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the company. New Street Research raised ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Erste Group Bank reissued a "hold" rating on shares of ASML in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group lowered ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Finally, DZ Bank lowered ASML from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $923.80.

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.

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