Advisors Capital Management LLC Boosts Stock Position in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Advisors Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 19.5% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 841 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 137 shares during the period. Advisors Capital Management LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $558,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in ASML by 70,115.5% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,400,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $9,282,120,000 after purchasing an additional 1,398,805 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 26.5% in the 1st 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 grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 0.8% in the 1st 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. grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 101.0% in the 1st 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 grew its holdings in shares of ASML by 2.7% in the 1st 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. 26.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ASML has been the topic of several recent research reports. DZ Bank downgraded ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Monday, May 19th. UBS Group upgraded ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Jefferies Financial Group cut ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. One equities research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $923.80.

ASML Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ASML opened at $813.87 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $749.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $728.45. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52-week low of $578.51 and a 52-week high of $873.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $320.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.80.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced 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). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $4.01 EPS. ASML’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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued a $1.856 dividend. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.17%.

ASML 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.