ASML’s (ASML) “Buy” Rating Reaffirmed at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated their buy rating on shares of ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) in a report published on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports.

ASML has been the subject of several other reports. DZ Bank lowered shares of ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. New Street Research raised shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. UBS Group raised shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Erste Group Bank reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Two analysts have 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 an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $923.80.

ASML Price Performance

Shares of ASML stock opened at $878.42 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $345.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.80. 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 has a 1-year low of $578.51 and a 1-year high of $881.46. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $753.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $730.80.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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). 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%.ASML’s revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that ASML 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 dividend of $1.856 per share. This is an increase from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.21%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ASML

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 6.3% during the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 4,244,254 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,401,304,000 after acquiring an additional 250,934 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 70,115.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,400,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $9,282,120,000 after acquiring an additional 1,398,805 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 26.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $631,079,000 after acquiring an additional 199,740 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 0.8% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 905,708 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $600,175,000 after acquiring an additional 7,164 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 5.2% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 763,590 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $611,933,000 after acquiring an additional 37,994 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

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.