Bank Hapoalim BM Boosts Stock Holdings in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Bank Hapoalim BM grew its position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 17.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,413 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 815 shares during the quarter. Bank Hapoalim BM’s holdings in ASML were worth $4,338,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in ASML in the first quarter worth approximately $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in ASML by 101.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $484,562,000 after purchasing an additional 367,505 shares during the last quarter. Amundi boosted its holdings in ASML by 91.6% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 642,498 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $403,215,000 after purchasing an additional 307,214 shares during the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. boosted its holdings in ASML by 61.0% in the first quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $469,183,000 after purchasing an additional 268,172 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in ASML by 26.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $631,079,000 after purchasing an additional 199,740 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. DZ Bank restated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Saturday, September 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $923.80.

ASML Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of ASML stock opened at $1,032.22 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $406.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.08, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.87. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $1,040.23. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $806.14 and its 200-day moving average price is $753.05. 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 (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.72 billion. ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a dividend of $1.856 per share. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This is a positive change from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. ASML’s payout ratio is 26.21%.

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.