B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC Sells 68 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC cut its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 6.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,070 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 68 shares during the quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $858,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ASML. Putney Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of ASML by 322.2% during the 1st quarter. Putney Financial Group LLC now owns 38 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the period. Maseco LLP acquired a new position in ASML in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new position in ASML in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Knuff & Co LLC bought a new stake in ASML during the first quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new stake in ASML during the first quarter worth about $35,000. 26.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

ASML Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of ASML stock opened at $1,003.27 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $394.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.87, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.86. ASML Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $578.51 and a fifty-two week high of $1,005.36. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $793.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $748.90. 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 (NASDAQ:ASML) last released 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). ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The company had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $4.01 EPS. The business’s revenue 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. Research analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share 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 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.21%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently commented on ASML. Morningstar cut shares of ASML to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Mizuho upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $923.80.

About ASML

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.