ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Sold by Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc.

Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. decreased its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 77.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 105 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 358 shares during the quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc.’s holdings in ASML were worth $190,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its position in shares of ASML by 31.7% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,459,420 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,892,869,000 after purchasing an additional 592,125 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its holdings in ASML by 6.3% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,641,565 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,168,227,000 after buying an additional 96,860 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in ASML by 1.2% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,560,256 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,060,833,000 after acquiring an additional 19,051 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. raised its position in ASML by 4.9% in the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,282,190 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,550,840,000 after acquiring an additional 59,888 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in ASML by 1.8% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,033,583 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,364,963,000 after acquiring an additional 18,768 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Key ASML News

Here are the key news stories impacting ASML this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Quarterly earnings significantly exceeded expectations. ASML reported third-quarter EPS of $14.89 versus the $12.17 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 55.2% year over year to approximately €11.7 billion and net income reached €5.0 billion. Gross margin also improved to 57.5%, helped by strong upgrade demand and favorable product mix. ASML earnings report
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised its outlook. Fourth-quarter revenue guidance of $16.3 billion-$17.5 billion exceeded the roughly $16.0 billion consensus, while full-year guidance of $50.6 billion-$51.8 billion was above the $50.1 billion estimate. The company’s euro-denominated outlook calls for 2026 sales of €44 billion-€45 billion and a gross margin near 56%. ASML forecasts Q4 sales above expectations
• Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains exceptionally strong. ASML said customer order interest extends through 2030, with demand for advanced lithography systems outpacing planned production. Its dominant position in EUV equipment gives investors continued exposure to AI infrastructure and leading-edge chip manufacturing. ASML order interest through 2030
• Neutral Sentiment: Strong results were partly offset by a revenue miss versus some estimates. Upgrade sales and higher margins drove the earnings beat, but the mixed revenue performance limited the positive reaction and raised questions about delivery timing. ASML Q3 earnings analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Capacity constraints are becoming a near-term concern. ASML said currently planned supply may not meet customer demand in 2027 and 2028. The shortage supports pricing power and long-term demand, but it may restrict near-term revenue growth and customer production plans. ASML capacity concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Market conditions overwhelmed the favorable fundamentals. Semiconductor stocks were already under pressure amid profit-taking, concerns about Chinese competition, AI funding and an approaching inflation report. Investors therefore treated the report as mixed despite the guidance increase. Chip stocks slump after ASML earnings

ASML Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ASML traded down $24.28 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $1,693.48. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,594,063 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,747,472. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 0.80. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52 week low of $946.11 and a 52 week high of $1,999.96. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $1,742.61 and a two-hundred day moving average of $1,666.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $666.01 billion, a PE ratio of 52.77, a P/E/G ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.77.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its earnings results on Sunday, September 27th. The semiconductor company reported $14.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. ASML had a return on equity of 52.71% and a net margin of 30.11%. The company had revenue of $13.27 billion for the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 43.70 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ASML has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of ASML from $2,200.00 to $2,500.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Bank of America raised their target price on ASML from $2,268.00 to $2,345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Argus set a $2,100.00 target price on ASML in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen downgraded ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 15th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 3rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $2,085.38.

About ASML

ASML Holding N.V. is a Netherlands-based technology company that develops and manufactures advanced lithography systems used by semiconductor manufacturers to produce integrated circuits. Its equipment projects patterns onto silicon wafers, enabling the creation of increasingly smaller and more powerful semiconductor features.

ASML’s product portfolio includes extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems, and related metrology and inspection solutions.