Integrity Alliance LLC. Buys New Stake in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Integrity Alliance LLC. bought a new stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 319 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $212,000.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of ASML by 70,115.5% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,400,800 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $9,282,120,000 after acquiring an additional 1,398,805 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of ASML by 26.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $631,079,000 after acquiring an additional 199,740 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in shares of ASML by 0.8% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 905,708 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $600,175,000 after acquiring an additional 7,164 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of ASML by 101.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $484,562,000 after acquiring an additional 367,505 shares during the period. Finally, Fayez Sarofim & Co raised its position in shares of ASML by 2.7% in the first quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co now owns 710,668 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $470,910,000 after acquiring an additional 18,516 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company's stock.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML stock opened at $813.87 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $749.77 and a 200-day simple moving average of $728.66. ASML Holding N.V. has a 1-year low of $578.51 and a 1-year high of $873.65. 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 has a market cap of $320.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.80.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.72 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $4.01 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. 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 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued a $1.856 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. This is an increase from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.21%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on ASML. Citigroup reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Barclays reissued an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Finally, Erste Group Bank reissued a "hold" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target 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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