3,090 ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Shares Sold by Capital Investment Advisors LLC

Capital Investment Advisors LLC cut its position in shares of ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 7.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 39,440 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 3,090 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in ASML were worth $71,453,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its position in shares of ASML by 31.7% in the second quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,459,420 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,892,869,000 after acquiring an additional 592,125 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. grew its holdings in ASML by 223.7% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 287,225 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $379,368,000 after buying an additional 198,505 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in shares of ASML by 498.0% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 156,791 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $311,926,000 after acquiring an additional 130,573 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of ASML by 6.3% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,641,565 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,168,227,000 after acquiring an additional 96,860 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of ASML by 25.8% during the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 339,642 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $448,610,000 after acquiring an additional 69,668 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Trading Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:ASML opened at $1,571.80 on Friday. ASML Holding N.V. has a 1 year low of $946.11 and a 1 year high of $1,999.96. The stock has a market cap of $605.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.70, a P/E/G ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 1.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.49. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $1,720.15 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1,681.28.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, September 27th. The semiconductor company reported $14.71 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $13.27 billion for the quarter. ASML had a net margin of 34.10% and a return on equity of 64.24%. As a group, analysts anticipate that ASML Holding N.V. will post 46.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ASML Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 27th will be paid a $2.1077 dividend. This is a drop from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $2.1507. This represents a $8.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 27th. ASML’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 17.90%.

Trending Headlines about ASML

Here are the key news stories impacting ASML this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Polen Capital highlighted ASML as a beneficiary of accelerating demand for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The investment manager views the company as positioned to benefit from AI-related growth rather than face disruption from it. ASML Benefits From Demand for Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Positive Sentiment: ASML remains the sole commercial supplier of EUV lithography systems used to produce leading-edge chips. Commentary suggests its technology, supplier network, and high switching costs create a durable competitive advantage, while projected 2026 revenue is already approaching the lower end of its previous 2030 outlook. ASML: The AI Bottleneck That Could Be Bigger Than Investors Expect
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that ASML’s EUV systems are sold out through 2028 reinforce strong order visibility and suggest AI chip demand continues to exceed available manufacturing capacity. Analysts also argue that Chinese competitors have not yet eroded ASML’s core EUV monopoly. Chinese Competitors Aren’t Eroding ASML’s EUV Core Monopoly
• Neutral Sentiment: Discussion of a potential stock split could make ASML shares more accessible to a broader investor base, but no split has been announced and the issue has no direct near-term earnings impact. Stock-Split Watch: Is ASML Next?
• Negative Sentiment: A Chinese state-owned company reportedly began mass-producing mid-tier lithography equipment, raising a longer-term threat to ASML’s China revenue and potentially shortening the timeline for regional competition. The risk appears more relevant to mature-node tools than ASML’s EUV franchise. China’s Mid-Tier Emergence Threatens ASML
• Negative Sentiment: A supply warning from Lam Research pressured the broader semiconductor-equipment group, with concerns that equipment constraints could limit industry growth and near-term outlooks. That read-through weighed on ASML despite its stronger structural demand story. Supply Constraints Pressure Chip Equipment Stocks

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ASML has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Wednesday, September 30th. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Thursday, October 15th. Zacks Research cut shares of ASML from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 3rd. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Monday, September 28th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $2,079.12.

About ASML

ASML Holding N.V. is a Netherlands-based technology company that develops and manufactures advanced lithography systems used by semiconductor manufacturers to produce integrated circuits. Its equipment helps customers transfer intricate circuit patterns onto silicon wafers, a critical step in the production of processors, memory chips and other semiconductor devices.

ASML’s product portfolio includes extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, which support the production of the most advanced chips, as well as deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems for a broad range of semiconductor applications.