Parnassus Investments LLC Acquires Shares of 1,367 ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Key Points

• Parnassus Investments LLC has acquired 1,367 shares of ASML Holding N.V., valued at approximately $906,000, indicating growing institutional interest in the semiconductor company.
• ASML's stock performance reflects strong fundamentals, with a net margin of 26.95% and year-over-year revenue growth of 23.2%, despite missing EPS estimates in its latest earnings report.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend increase to $1.856, boosting its annual dividend yield to 1.0%.

Parnassus Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 1,367 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $906,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Rossmore Private Capital raised its position in ASML by 0.3% in the first quarter. Rossmore Private Capital now owns 4,347 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,880,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of ASML by 2.6% in the first quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 602 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $399,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of ASML by 15.2% in the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 114 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the period. Nilsine Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of ASML by 2.6% in the first quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 631 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $418,000 after buying an additional 16 shares during the period. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of ASML by 3.2% in the first quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 516 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $342,000 after buying an additional 16 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

ASML Trading Down 2.7%

Shares of ASML stock traded down $20.84 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $742.62. 1,316,127 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,258,002. The firm has a market cap of $292.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 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 $914.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.43. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $754.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $726.08.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 business's quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate 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 given 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. ASML's payout ratio is 26.21%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on ASML shares. New Street Research raised ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Erste Group Bank reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company upped 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. Barclays reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group downgraded ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $923.80.

About ASML

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.