Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Decreases Stake in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lowered its position in ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) by 3.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,400 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 200 shares during the quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System’s holdings in ASML were worth $5,129,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in ASML by 26.5% in the first 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 last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in ASML by 0.8% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 905,708 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $600,175,000 after acquiring an additional 7,164 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in ASML by 101.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 731,271 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $484,562,000 after acquiring an additional 367,505 shares during the last quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co lifted its stake in ASML by 2.7% in the first quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co now owns 710,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $470,910,000 after acquiring an additional 18,516 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Manhattan CO. LLC. lifted its stake in ASML by 61.0% in the first 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

ASML Stock Down 1.4%

ASML stock opened at $987.81 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $823.41 and a 200 day moving average price of $758.90. ASML Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $578.51 and a 12 month high of $1,059.00. The company has a market cap of $388.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 1.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.81.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The semiconductor company reported $4.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.94 by ($1.39). ASML had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 49.47%. The business had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.72 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.01 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. ASML has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that ASML Holding N.V. will post 25.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ASML Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 29th were given a $1.856 dividend. 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. ASML’s payout ratio is currently 26.21%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ASML. New Street Research reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of ASML in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of ASML from $957.00 to $1,175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Wednesday. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of ASML in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Erste Group Bank upgraded shares of ASML from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $938.80.

ASML 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.