ASML Holding NV

ASML Holding NV is a Dutch multinational company specialising in development and manufacturing of photolithography systems. ASML Holding NV ‘s corporate headquarters is in Veldhoven, Netherlands and the company has a rich history that dates to 1984 when it was founded in 1984 as a joint venture between the Dutch companies Advanced Semiconductor Materials International (ASMI) and Philips.

ASML Holding NV manufactures machines to produce integrated circuits and does research, development, manufacturing, and assembly. ASML Holding NV is currently the largest supplier of photolithography systems mainly for the semiconductor industry.

ASML Holding NV has a worldwide customer base and over sixty service points in sixteen countries. ASML Holding NV is listed on both the AEX and NASDAQ Stock Exchanges and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 and NASDAQ-100.

ASML Holding NV is a public company with only a minority of the shares owned by Philips. In 2000, ASML Holding NV acquired the Silicon Valley Group (SVG), a US lithography equipment manufacturer.

In July 2012, Intel announced a deal to invest $4.1 billion into ASML in exchange for 15% ownership and as part of their EUV strategy, ASML announced the acquisition of DUV and EUV sources manufacturer Cymer in October of that year. In June 2016, ASML Holding NV announced the acquisition of Taiwan-based Hermes Microvision Inc. for about $3.1 billion to add technology for creating smaller and more advanced semiconductors and in 2025, ASML Holding NV acquired the German Berliner Glas Group in a bid to help meet the increasing EUV systems demand.

ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems consisting of lithography, metrology, and inspection related systems for memory and logic chipmakers. The company provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems, offers metrology and inspection systems and HMI e-beam solutions, computational lithography and software solutions, products, and services that refurbish used lithography equipment and offers associated services.

ASML Holding N.V. operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, the Netherlands, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, and rest of Asia. ASML Holding NV oversees a high-value product portfolio which include products like Immersion lithography, EUV lithography and a substantial intellectual property portfolio covering imprint lithography.

Today, ASML Holding NV is truly one of the most valuable Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 307.446 billion recorded in July 2025. In 2025 the total staff compliment for ASML Holding NV was more than 26,600.

ASML Holding NV is subject to cyclical industrial dynamics. For example, at the end of 2008, the company suffered a large drop in sales, which led to cutting its workforce by about 1000 worldwide and to apply for support from the Dutch national unemployment fund but two and a half years later, ASML expected a record-high revenue. Fitch Ratings has affirmed ASML Holding N.V.’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A-‘ with Stable Outlook.

The rating of ASML Holding NV is underpinned by its market leading position in the design and manufacture of lithography tools, effective out-sourcing model, and management of the supply chain, all of which lead to strong financial performance in market up-cycles and an increasing resilience and dampened volatility in a downturn. It operates in a robust demand environment with a chip manufacturing industry operating at close to full capacity and strong demand for both leading-edge, and more mature technology nodes provide good medium-term visibility.

A cautious financial policy, strong cash flow generation and high margins, compare ASML favourably within its peer group. Residual volatility in integrated circuit (IC) demand and semiconductor capex trends and the technology industry’s geopolitical sensitivities weigh on ASML’s business rating.

ASML Holding NV is the market leader in the design and assembly of litho tools, which is central to semiconductor production. Supply chip shortages that started in the auto industry have spread across multiple sector supply chains, with manufacturing capacity said to be extremely tight.

The historical correlation between semi-manufacturing, WFE investment and the economic cycle has loosened as the industry has grown in scale, while unit semiconductor content has grown and as equipment spend becomes increasingly tied to wafer yield improvement and production efficiencies. EUV lithography (extreme ultraviolet), the most advanced technology in commercial use is firmly embedded in ASML Holding N.V.’s sales mix. ASML now expects DUV sales to remain a more dominant part of the mix for longer than previously expected.

Despite some caution at the start of the year full of pandemic-related uncertainties, 2025 turned out to be a record year for ASML Holding N.V. Demand and sales-mix conditions support its expectation of a further record year in 2025. ASML Holding N.V. follows a conservative financial policy and commitment to a EUR2 billion-EUR2.5 billion cash buffer allows for uninterrupted long-term funding in a downturn.

ASML Holding NV trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol ASML. ASML Holding NV forms part of the NASDAQ-100, Euro Stoxx 50 and AEX components. An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of EUR 16,596,300,000 along with a gross profit of EUR 8,489,600,000 and EBITDA of EUR 5,997,300,000.

ASML Holding NV has one of the strongest cash-generative capabilities in the technology sector, supported by a revenue market share in its niche segment more than 80%. ASML Holding N.V.’s technology supports the development and innovation of the much larger semiconductor manufacturing sector.

Exposure to cyclicality and product concentration risks is managed through conservative and flexible financial policies. The unique nature of ASML Holding N.V.’s business, including the cyclicality of customers’ end-markets, technology migrations that create a need for high R&D investment and the company’s limited diversification can influence its performance.

ASML Holding NV maintains a strong cash position, which covers all debt maturities for years. The company targets a minimum gross cash buffer of EUR2 billion to EUR2.5 billion. As of end-2020, ASML Holding N.V. held EUR6,049 million in cash and cash-equivalents and EUR1,302 million in short-term investments.

ASML Holding N.V. has access to an undrawn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility of EUR700 million maturing 2026. Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

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Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Photolithography systems

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