ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Sold by Regency Capital Management Inc. DE

Regency Capital Management Inc. DE cut its holdings in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 7.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,940 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 398 shares during the quarter. ASML comprises 2.1% of Regency Capital Management Inc. DE’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. Regency Capital Management Inc. DE’s holdings in ASML were worth $3,959,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of ASML in the first quarter valued at approximately $360,262,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in ASML by 101.0% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $484,562,000 after buying an additional 367,505 shares during the last quarter. Amundi grew its holdings in ASML by 91.6% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 642,498 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $403,215,000 after buying an additional 307,214 shares in the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. increased its stake in shares of ASML by 61.0% in the 1st quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 708,062 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $469,183,000 after acquiring an additional 268,172 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of ASML by 26.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 952,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $631,079,000 after acquiring an additional 199,740 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ASML opened at $1,043.30 on Tuesday. ASML Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $578.51 and a fifty-two week high of $1,059.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.43. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $812.40 and a 200 day moving average price of $755.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $410.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.54, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.87.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The firm had revenue of $8.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.01 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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 research analysts forecast that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 EPS for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on ASML shares. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of ASML from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Erste Group Bank raised shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Mizuho upgraded shares of ASML from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised ASML from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $938.80.

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.