ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Sold by Lmcg Investments LLC

Lmcg Investments LLC lowered its holdings in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 4.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,403 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 432 shares during the quarter. Lmcg Investments LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $8,337,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in ASML by 4.3% during the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 317 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $254,000 after buying an additional 13 shares during the period. Rossmore Private Capital grew its position in ASML by 0.3% during the first quarter. Rossmore Private Capital now owns 4,347 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,880,000 after buying an additional 14 shares during the period. Baring Financial LLC grew its position in ASML by 2.8% during the second quarter. Baring Financial LLC now owns 510 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $409,000 after buying an additional 14 shares during the period. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC grew its position in ASML by 2.6% during the first quarter. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 602 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $399,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the period. Finally, Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its position in ASML by 15.2% during the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 114 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 15 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Performance

ASML opened at $936.19 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The company has a market cap of $368.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.07, a PEG ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.87. ASML Holding N.V. has a 52-week low of $578.51 and a 52-week high of $1,059.00. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $834.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $762.09.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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). The business had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.72 billion. ASML had a return on equity of 49.47% and a net margin of 26.95%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $4.01 earnings per share. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 29th were paid a $1.856 dividend. 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 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 29th. ASML’s payout ratio is 26.21%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on ASML. Arete Research upgraded shares of ASML to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 12th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday. New Street Research restated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Bank Degroof downgraded shares of ASML to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Erste Group Bank raised shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,001.60.

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.