ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Stock Holdings Raised by Bard Financial Services Inc.

Bard Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 1,390 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 55 shares during the quarter. Bard Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in ASML were worth $1,114,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in ASML by 66.8% during the 4th quarter. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC now owns 20,228 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $14,020,000 after buying an additional 8,098 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank lifted its stake in ASML by 82.9% during the fourth quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 2,954 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,047,000 after purchasing an additional 1,339 shares during the last quarter. Strive Asset Management LLC bought a new position in ASML during the fourth quarter worth $237,000. Strategic Wealth Partners Ltd. boosted its holdings in ASML by 11.1% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Wealth Partners Ltd. now owns 330 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $229,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the period. Finally, Windacre Partnership LLC increased its stake in ASML by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC now owns 669,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $463,740,000 after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on ASML shares. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. New Street Research raised ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. DZ Bank lowered ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $923.80.

ASML Trading Up 1.2%

NASDAQ ASML opened at $813.87 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $749.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $728.66. The stock has a market cap of $320.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.97, a PEG ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.43. ASML Holding N.V. has a twelve month low of $578.51 and a twelve month high of $873.65.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its earnings results 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 period last year, the business earned $4.01 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is 26.21%.

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.