FY2026 Earnings Forecast for ASML Issued By Erste Group Bank

ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) – Stock analysts at Erste Group Bank upped their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of ASML in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 21st. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now anticipates that the semiconductor company will earn $47.56 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $44.01. The consensus estimate for ASML’s current full-year earnings is $46.03 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for ASML’s FY2027 earnings at $64.62 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price objective on ASML from $1,971.00 to $2,623.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $2,100.00 target price on shares of ASML in a research note on Wednesday, October 7th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Monday, September 28th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a report on Friday, July 10th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, ASML currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $2,079.12.

ASML Price Performance

ASML stock opened at $1,635.57 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $630.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.27 and a beta of 1.77. ASML has a fifty-two week low of $946.11 and a fifty-two week high of $1,999.96. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $1,712.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1,590.05.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last posted its earnings results on Sunday, September 27th. The semiconductor company reported $14.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $13.27 billion during the quarter.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in ASML. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its position in shares of ASML by 31.7% in the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,459,420 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,892,869,000 after acquiring an additional 592,125 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in ASML by 4.9% during the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,282,190 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,550,840,000 after buying an additional 59,888 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its holdings in ASML by 6.3% in 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 buying an additional 96,860 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in ASML by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,560,256 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,060,833,000 after buying an additional 19,051 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in ASML by 1.8% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,033,583 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,364,963,000 after buying an additional 18,768 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 27th will be issued a $2.1077 dividend. This is a drop from ASML’s previous quarterly dividend of $2.1507. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 27th. This represents a $8.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. ASML’s payout ratio is currently 17.63%.

ASML Company Profile

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.