Voya Investment Management LLC Acquires 10,286 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Voya Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML - Free Report) by 95.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 21,109 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 10,286 shares during the quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC's holdings in ASML were worth $13,987,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of ASML. Putney Financial Group LLC lifted its position in ASML by 322.2% during the first quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new stake in shares of ASML during the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Knuff & Co LLC bought a new stake in shares of ASML during the 1st quarter worth $33,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC purchased a new position in ASML in the first quarter worth $35,000. Finally, Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new position in ASML in the first quarter valued at $42,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company's stock.

ASML Price Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $867.30 on Tuesday. 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 one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $873.65. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $751.41 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $729.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $341.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.80.

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 firm had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.01 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This is a positive change from ASML's previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. ASML's dividend payout ratio is presently 26.21%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on ASML shares. DZ Bank lowered ASML from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Jefferies Financial Group cut ASML from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. New Street Research upgraded ASML from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ASML 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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