Flputnam Investment Management Co. Trims Stake in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Flputnam Investment Management Co. lowered its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 88.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,590 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 12,284 shares during the quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co.'s holdings in ASML were worth $1,054,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Putney Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of ASML by 322.2% in 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 in the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at $27,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at $33,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at $42,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. DZ Bank cut ASML from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Barclays reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group cut ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. One research 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, ASML has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $923.80.

ASML Trading Down 2.7%

ASML opened at $742.62 on Tuesday. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $578.51 and a 12 month high of $914.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $292.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.99, a PEG ratio of 1.51 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 fifty day moving average price of $753.61 and a 200 day moving average price of $726.01.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last released its 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 for 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side 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 declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued a dividend of $1.856 per share. This is a positive change from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. ASML's dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.

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