ASML
ASML
ASML in Veldhoven builds the machines chip fabs use to print patterns on silicon. For the newest generations there is no alternative anywhere.
- Ticker
- ASML
- Exchange
- Euronext Amsterdam / Nasdaq
- Headquarters
- Veldhoven, Nederland
- Founded
- 1984
- Role in the AI chain
- Supply chain
Indicative, delayed price. Not investment advice.
What the machines do
Lithography exposes a pattern on a wafer. ASML's EUV systems use extremely short wavelengths, enabling features a few nanometres wide.
A machine costs hundreds of millions of euros and ships in parts; the service contracts afterwards are a steady income stream.
Export rules and politics
The Netherlands and the US restrict exports of the most advanced systems to China, which hits the order book and makes ASML a geopolitical file.
Meanwhile AI demand pushes investment at TSMC, Samsung and Intel, where ASML benefits first.
Risks
The order cycle is lumpy and the customer base is small.
Competition and moat
ASML has no competitor in EUV lithography. Comfortable, but it also means revenue depends entirely on the capex appetite of a handful of customers: TSMC, Samsung, Intel and a few memory makers.
Export rules are the second variable. Dutch and US licences decide which machines may ship to China, which accounted for a large share of older-system revenue for years.
Numbers to follow each quarter
Quarterly bookings drive the share — more than recognised revenue, which lags by one to two years. Service revenue is worth watching too; it stabilises a weak cycle.
High-NA EUV is the long line: every system sold is large revenue, and customer adoption says something about the next chip generation.
Where this company sits in the AI chain
Suppliers deliver the machines and manufacturing that let the rest of the chain exist at all. Their revenue leads chip demand by years, because a fab or a tool is ordered long in advance.
That makes the order book the real news here. Today's recognised revenue is a decision taken two years ago.
How to use this page
The price shown for ASML is indicative and delayed; use your broker's data before placing an order. The explanation above is meant to help you read the news, not to time a trade.
Compare a company with its peers in the same link of the chain before drawing conclusions, and check whether a move follows results, guidance or simply the broader market.
- Ticker ASML on Euronext Amsterdam / Nasdaq, headquartered in Veldhoven, Nederland.
- Editorial explanation by the Block #9 newsroom — not investment advice.
- Prices can swing hard; never invest money you need in the short term.
Frequently asked questions
Why has ASML no EUV competition?
The technology took decades and a chain of specialised suppliers. No one else has a working system.
How hard do export limits hit?
They cap sales of top systems to certain markets while AI investment lifts demand elsewhere.
Is ASML an AI stock?
Indirectly: without these machines there are no advanced AI chips.
Where is ASML listed?
ASML trades under ticker ASML on Euronext Amsterdam / Nasdaq, with headquarters in Veldhoven, Nederland. European investors also carry currency risk on top of the share price move.
Is ASML an AI stock?
It is part of the AI chain as a supplier. That does not mean every euro of revenue comes from AI — check the segment reporting before assuming it does.
Are the prices on this page live?
No. They are indicative and can be delayed. Use your broker for the executable price.
This page is editorial explanation, not investment advice. Share prices can swing hard; never invest money you need.