ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Sold by Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC lowered its stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 16.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 67 shares during the period. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $268,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Putney Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in ASML by 322.2% in the 1st quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in ASML in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Maseco LLP acquired a new stake in ASML in the 2nd quarter worth about $32,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new stake in ASML in the 1st quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new stake in ASML in the 1st quarter worth about $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Price Performance

Shares of ASML opened at $936.19 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $368.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.07, a PEG ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.87. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $834.05 and a 200-day moving average of $762.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52 week low of $578.51 and a 52 week high of $1,059.00.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The company had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $4.01 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid a dividend of $1.856 per share. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This is an increase from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.21%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on ASML from $957.00 to $1,175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Friday. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Arete Research upgraded ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 12th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,001.60.

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.