Legal Advantage Investments Inc. Increases Stake in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Key Points

• Legal Advantage Investments Inc. has increased its stake in ASML Holding N.V. by 50.1%, acquiring 1,880 additional shares, bringing its total holdings to 5,630 shares valued at approximately $4.5 million.
• Numerous other institutional investors have also increased their positions in ASML, with Hedge funds owning around 26.07% of the company's stock.
• ASML's stock has recently experienced a decline of 4.5% and reported earnings of $4.55 per share, which was below analysts' expectations.

Legal Advantage Investments Inc. grew its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 50.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,630 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,880 shares during the quarter. ASML comprises about 2.1% of Legal Advantage Investments Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Legal Advantage Investments Inc.'s holdings in ASML were worth $4,512,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Putney Financial Group LLC raised 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 acquiring an additional 29 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at $27,000. Maseco LLP bought a new position in shares of ASML in the second quarter worth about $32,000. Knuff & Co LLC bought a new position in shares of ASML in the first quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Costello Asset Management INC grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 147.1% in the second quarter. Costello Asset Management INC now owns 42 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on ASML. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of ASML to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of ASML from $965.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a report on Friday. Arete Research upgraded shares of ASML to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, September 12th. Finally, Mizuho upgraded shares of ASML from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $1,001.60.

ASML Stock Down 4.5%

Shares of ASML stock opened at $936.19 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.81. ASML Holding N.V. has a 1 year low of $578.51 and a 1 year high of $1,059.00. The firm's 50-day moving average is $834.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $762.48. The stock has a market cap of $368.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.07, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.87.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The business had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.01 earnings per share. The firm's 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. As a group, research analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. This is an increase from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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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