Destiny Wealth Partners LLC Buys Shares of 250 ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Destiny Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 250 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $200,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ASML. Putney Financial Group LLC grew its stake in ASML by 322.2% in the first 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. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Maseco LLP acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of ASML during the first quarter worth about $35,000. 26.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

ASML Price Performance

NASDAQ:ASML opened at $951.52 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $374.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.80. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12-month low of $578.51 and a 12-month high of $977.48. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $777.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $743.24.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last issued its quarterly 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). The company had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $4.01 EPS. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. This is a boost from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. This represents a $7.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is 26.21%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Morningstar cut ASML to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Arete Research raised ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on ASML in a research report on Tuesday, June 17th. They set a “market perform” rating and a $806.00 price objective for the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, DZ Bank reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Thursday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ASML presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.