ASML
ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML, XETRA: ASME) reported a sharp rise in first-quarter profits as surging...
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HOLD- ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML, XETRA: ASME) reported a sharp rise in first-quarter profits as surging AI-related investment drives accelerating demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
- The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker posted net profits of €2.76 billion for the first quarter of 2026, up from € 2.4 billion in the same period a year earlier, while total revenue reached €8.77 billion, at the high end of its prior guidance range.
- ASML Holdings raised its full-year sales forecast to between €36 billion and €40 billion from previous range of €34 billion to €39 billion, with the revised forecast range designed to account for potential outcomes from ongoing export control discussions.
- China accounted for 33% of ASML's sales in 2025, down from 41% the prior year, though it remained ASML Holdings's largest single market in both years.
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Growth Stock Scoring Breakdown
| METRIC | VALUE | WEIGHT | ANALYSIS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Growth TTM ? | 21.0% | 25% | 70.0 ptsGood (21.0%) - Healthy growth |
| EPS Growth Next 5Y ? | 21.3% | 25% | 70.0 ptsGood (21.3%) - Solid outlook |
| Target Price Upside ? | 13.3% | 20% | 50.0 ptsMeets Minimum (13.3%) - Target: $1724.95 vs Current: $1522.41 |
| Gross Margin % ? | 52.8% | 15% | 80.0 ptsVery Healthy (52.8%) - High-quality margins |
| Drawdown from 52-Wk High ? | -1.6% | 15% | 20.0 ptsBarely a Dip (-1.6%) - Near recent highs |
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About ASML
- ASML Holding N.V. provides lithography solutions for the development, production, marketing, sales, upgrading, and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems.
- The company offers lithography, metrology, and inspection systems.
- It also provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography systems solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies.
- In addition, the company offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology systems, a diffraction-based wafer metrology platform to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI electron beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects.
- Further, it provides computational lithography solutions, and lithography systems and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and related services.
- Additionally, the company offers hardware, software, and services to chipmakers to produce the patterns of integrated circuits.
- It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States.
- The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001.
- ASML Holding N.V. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.