V Square Quantitative Management LLC Sells 252 Shares of ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

V Square Quantitative Management LLC lessened its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 16.4% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,284 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 252 shares during the period. V Square Quantitative Management LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $1,029,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ASML has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Morningstar lowered ASML to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. DZ Bank reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. New Street Research raised ASML from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on ASML from $840.00 to $890.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on ASML in a research note on Tuesday, June 17th. They set a “market perform” rating and a $806.00 price target on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $923.80.

ASML Price Performance

ASML stock opened at $962.61 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $782.64 and its 200 day moving average is $745.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The firm has a market cap of $378.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.80. ASML Holding N.V. has a one year low of $578.51 and a one year high of $977.48.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). The company had revenue of $8.94 billion during 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%.ASML’s revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were issued a $1.856 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 29th. This is an increase from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.64. This represents a $7.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. ASML’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.