ASML - ASML Holding N.V.
| Previous Close | 284.59 |
| Open | 289.45 |
| Bid | 289.78 x 1200 |
| Ask | 290.19 x 800 |
| Day's Range | 287.48 - 292.31 |
| 52 Week Range | 175.57 - 319.22 |
| Volume | 501,129 |
| Avg. Volume | 693,122 |
| Market Cap | 123.811B |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.10 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 41.38 |
| EPS (TTM) | 6.96 |
| Earnings Date | N/A |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 2.99 (1.03%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Apr 23, 2020 |
| 1y Target Est | 297.35 |
- GlobeNewswire
ASML reports transactions under its current share buyback program
ASML reports transactions under its current share buyback program VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands – ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) reports the following transactions, conducted under.
- Simply Wall St.
Is ASML Holding N.V.'s (AMS:ASML) 21% ROE Better Than Average?
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- MarketWatch
Lam Research, KLA stocks slip after report says U.S. could restrict chip-equipment sales to China
Shares of chip-equipment companies Lam Research Corp. and KLA Corp. are off more than 3% in Tuesday morning trading after a Wall Street Journal report indicated that the Trump administration is considering restricting on semiconductor-equipment sales to China. The Commerce Department is weighing rule changes that would let the agency ask for licenses from any companies that wanted to use U.S. equipment to make chips for Huawei Technologies Co., according to the WSJ report. "This time around, the administration appears to be going after such [semiconductor capital-equipment] vendors like Applied Materials , KLA, Lam Research and Teradyne that sell equipment to the likes of Taiwan Semiconductor ," wrote Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini. "TSM uses such equipment to make chips for the likes of Apple and Huawei. Perhaps the administration has realized they cannot restrict ASML , the key enabling vendor!" Hosseini said that this potential development, along with the new coronavirus, represent near-term headwinds for chip-equipment companies.
- Bloomberg
Tech Investors Jolted by Apple Pin Hopes on a Fast Turnaround
(Bloomberg) -- Tech stock futures fell as traders worked to price in the impact of a revenue shortfall at a company responsible for more than a tenth of the S&P 500’s gain over the last year.While Apple Inc. described the impact of the coronavirus on its sales as “temporary,” slips among big tech companies sit uneasily with investors who have watched many stocks soar 50% or more over the past 12 months. The iPhone maker has a 12% weighting in the Nasdaq 100 Index, which closed last week at 29.4 times annual earnings, the highest in a decade.“This will be an important test,” said Jason Browne, president of Alexis Investment Partners. “Obviously, Apple is a huge weight in major indexes, and one of the most loved companies by investors. That may help as it has generally been better to buy Apple on setbacks than to sell, especially if the market expects the disruption to be temporary.”March contracts on the S&P 500 fell 0.4% as of 8:06 a.m. in London. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 lost 0.9%. Exchange trading of individual U.S. shares has been closed since Friday for the Presidents’ Day holiday. Both the tech-heavy Nasdaq and Apple itself are already up more than 10% in 2020, after an 86% rally in Apple last year pushed the gauge to its best performance since 2009.In a Monday release, Apple said it doesn’t expect to meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter due to work slowdowns and lower demand caused by the outbreak of novel coronavirus in China. The company had forecast revenue of $63 billion to $67 billion for the fiscal second quarter ending in March. Analysts on average estimated $65.23 billion.Equity traders face a difficult task in determining how much of the weakness is specific to Apple and whether to project the shortfall on the broader market. The company has always been likely to fare worse, given how much of its supply chain and consumer market are in China. At the same time, the sales warning is one of the most tangible examples of impact on a U.S. company and Apple’s size makes it capable of swaying indexes by itself.“My gut says I think the market probably expects this to some extent, and we know this market tends to look through things pretty well,” said Nathan Thooft, Manulife Asset Management’s head of global asset allocation. “People had anticipation that some of these companies would be affected by what was going on there and they certainly knew there were closures and supply chain issues.”While no rally is straight up, the one that has swollen Apple’s market value by as much as $545 billion since early August comes close, with only three down weeks in 21. The iPhone maker received 18% of its revenue from China in fiscal year 2019, data compiled by Bloomberg show, enough to keep analysts worried about the longer-term consequences of the outbreak.Apple’s news will have ramifications for a long list of semiconductors and other suppliers around the world. Its announcement came hours after Dow Jones reported that President Trump’s administration is considering new trade restrictions that would limit the use of U.S. equipment to produce chips for China’s Huawei Technologies Co.European equities opened lower on Tuesday, led by technology shares as the Stoxx 600 Technology Index fell as much as 1.6%. Semiconductor stocks tumbled, with ASML Holding NV falling 2.3%, STMicroelectronics NV dropping 2.6% and Infineon Technologies AG retreating 2.3%.“Of all the big companies exposed to China, this announcement seemed the most inevitable,” Michael Antonelli, managing director and market strategist at Robert W. Baird & Co, said by email. “What will this do to the market? It will remind investors that the risks surrounding the coronavirus are still unknown and unquantifiable. There will likely be an increase in volatility this week.”Apple’s most famous profit warning came in November 2018 amid the U.S. stock market’s worst stretch since the financial crisis. Its shares tumbled 7.1% on Nov. 2, 2018, after Apple reported stagnant iPhone sales and forecast revenue for the holiday quarter that fell short of Wall Street expectations at the midpoint. The Nasdaq 100 lost 1.5% that day.“We’ve been getting nothing but headlines about the virus for weeks. Starbucks is closing its stores, Caterpillar is shutting its facilities. Company after company has been saying this,” Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Leuthold Group, said by phone. “We have been expecting bad sales headlines, this isn’t good, but it’s not surprising.”To contact the reporters on this story: Sarah Ponczek in New York at sponczek2@bloomberg.net;Elena Popina in New York at epopina@bloomberg.net;Catherine Larkin in Chicago at clarkin4@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeremy Herron at jherron8@bloomberg.net, Chris NagiFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
- GlobeNewswire
ASML successfully places Eurobond offering for €750 million
ASML successfully places Eurobond offering for €750 million Veldhoven, the Netherlands, February 17, 2020 – ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announces that it has successfully.
- Moody's
ASML Holding N.V. -- Moody's assigns A3 rating to ASML's proposed senior notes
Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") has today assigned an A3 rating to ASML Holding N.V.'s (ASML, A3 stable) proposed issue of Euro-denominated senior unsecured notes due 2030. This is because of the company's dominant position in the market for semiconductor lithography equipment and our expectation that ASML will continue to perform better than the overall wafer fabrication equipment market, as the industry adopts new leading-edge nodes with increased lithography intensity. Moody's forecasts that ASML will be able to reduce leverage in the course of 2020, driven predominantly by EBITDA growth.
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ASML publishes 2019 Integrated Reports
ASML publishes 2019 Integrated Reports VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, February 12, 2020 - ASML Holding NV (ASML) today publishes its 2019 Integrated Reports. ASML will.
- Investor's Business Daily
IBD 50 Stocks To Watch: Chip Gear Maker ASML Stock Rides New Wave Of Innovation
ASML stock makes gear used by semiconductor makers to etch circuits on microchips. Its stock is rising as it rides a wave of chipmaking innovation.
- Zacks
Semiconductor WFE Stock Outlook: Time to Jump In
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We Think ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt
David Iben put it well when he said, 'Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the...
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Tech Daily: AAPL Bug, AMZN JEDI Motion, Music Subs, UK Digital Tax, More
The top stories here are Apple's ITP vulnerability, Amazon's motion to stop work under the JEDI contract, Amazon's soaring music subs and the UK digital tax.
- Investor's Business Daily
Stocks With Rising Composite Ratings: ASML
The IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating for ASML rose from 91 to 99 Thursday. The new rating shows the stock is outpacing 99% of all stocks when it comes to the most important stock-picking criteria. History shows the top market performers tend to have a 95 or higher score as they launch their major climbs.
- Investor's Business Daily
ASML Beats Q4 Sales Target, Hikes Dividend, Share Buybacks
Semiconductor capital equipment maker ASML Holding on Wednesday beat Wall Street's target for sales in the fourth quarter while earnings were roughly in line. It also hiked its dividend 14%.
- Reuters
US STOCKS-Tech sector pushes the S&P 500 to slight gain
Technology shares led the S&P 500 marginally higher on Wednesday, as a healthy forecast from IBM helped mitigate worries over the developing coronavirus outbreak. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed barely in the black after approaching, then backing down from record highs the day after virus fears prompted a sell-off. The Dow closed nominally lower.
ReutersUS STOCKS-S&P 500, Nasdaq on track for record closing highs
Tech shares led all three major U.S. stock averages into the black, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq setting a course to notch new record closing highs, the day after virus fears prompted a sell-off. Streaming pioneer Neftlix Inc acknowledged stiffer competition in the United States, where quarterly growth fell short of analyst estimates.
- Reuters
US STOCKS-S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs on IBM, chip power
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs on Wednesday as a strong forecast from IBM added to optimism over corporate earnings, while investors assessed risks from a virus outbreak in China. International Business Machines Corp shares jumped 3.4% after it forecast full-year profit above market expectations on strength in its high-margin cloud computing business. Technology stocks, which have played a big role in Wall Street's recent record run, rose 0.9%, with chip stocks gaining after a strong forecast from Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML Holding NV.
- Reuters
ASML sees no impact from China trade war, good growth in 2020
Semiconductor equipment maker ASML Holding NV on Wednesday forecast double digit growth in sales and profits for 2020, saying it did not expect any financial impact from being swept up in the trade war between the United States and China. ASML has a near-monopoly in making lithography systems, giant 150 million euro machines used to print chip circuitry, but the Dutch government has withheld permission for the company to export one of its most advanced technologies to China. Reuters reported earlier this month that the delay came after a campaign of pressure from the Trump administration to stop China getting hold of a machine required to make the world's fastest microprocessors, but which also has military applications.
- Investor's Business Daily
Dow Jones Futures Climb As Stock Market Resists China Virus; 3 Tech Giants Rise Near Buy Points As Tesla Hits Milestone
Futures rose as the market rally resists China virus fears. Netflix subscriber growth and IBM earnings beat, sending both stocks higher. Tesla just kept racing. ASML earnings were in line.
- Bloomberg
ASML Chief Dismisses U.S., China Tensions as a Headache
(Bloomberg) -- ASML Holding NV’s top executive brushed off concerns about tensions between the U.S. and China, a market that’s growing in importance to the Dutch chip gear-maker.“Someone needs to make those chips and to make those chips you would need EUV, and there is basically only one place where they can get it,” Chief Executive Officer Peter Wennink said in an interview with Bloomberg Radio, referring to its advanced lithography equipment. “For our total business it doesn’t really matter.“ASML, which has a monopoly on advanced lithography equipment needed to make next-generation chips, is already a crucial supplier to Samsung Electronics Co. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. but hopes to drive deeper into China. Beijing wants to build a world-class homegrown chip industry to wean itself off foreign imports -- an effort that would need ASML’s one-of-a-kind machines. Yet it’s faced difficulty getting the Dutch government to renew a license to export to China amid ongoing trade tensions.ASML shares rose 0.2% at 1:14 p.m. in Amsterdam trading.“It’s up to the Dutch government to determine whether there is a national security risk and of course there are views in the U.S. and China whether that’s a risk,” Wennink said, adding that the company has responded to requests for information from the Dutch government.Asked whether he was optimistic about obtaining the license, Wennink said “the Dutch government takes very due care when it concerns the facts and the circumstances.”Read more: China Stockpiles U.S. Chips as ‘Silicon Curtain’ DescendsChina relies on imported chip manufacturing equipment for its audacious ambition of creating a self-reliant semiconductor industry, which supplies key components for a wide spectrum of electronics from smartphones to satellites. ASML is an essential link in that plan, which will drive Chinese purchases of more than $30 billion of semiconductor equipment between 2020 and 2021, according to industry organization SEMI. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement last week the Netherlands should make an objective decision on ASML’s exports based on its own interests.U.S. PressureEuropean businesses have been caught in the middle of trade tensions between the U.S. and China, even as Washington and Beijing last week sealed the first phase of a trade deal. But the U.S. still maintains tariffs on roughly two-thirds of imports from China and both sides still need to negotiate the pact’s second phase, with discussions expected to be difficult.U.S. officials have urged allies to scrutinize business ties with Beijing, invoking concerns around national security and espionage. The White House, concerned about China’s ambitions to dominate a swath of technology from AI to semiconductors, has sought ways to contain the country’s rise. China, meanwhile, has threatened European countries with retaliation on trade if its companies are shunned.European telecom operators are among those squeezed between the two major world powers after Washington called on European governments to exclude Huawei Technologies Co.’s equipment from the build-out of their 5G networks.The Dutch government has held back on renewing the license ASML needs to export its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines under pressure from U.S. officials, Reuters reported this month. That equipment is key to any chipmaker that wants to fabricate next-generation chips, say of 7 nanometer or lower nodes.Last week, U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra told Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad that ASML’s technology “doesn’t belong in certain places,” suggesting China. The Chinese ambassador, Xu Hong, had warned days earlier in the same paper that the relationship between the Netherlands and China was at risk if the government blocks EUV machine exports.For its part, the Netherlands says it will take its own decision on the matter, independent of foreign influence. “They are free to express their view and we take note of that, but it is not decisive,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said of the U.S. and Chinese ambassadors’ comments last week.ASML’s EUV technology has both civilian and military applications and therefore is subject to EU dual-use licensing obligations under the Wassenaar Arrangement, according to the Dutch Foreign Ministry.EUV LicenseWennink said at a press conference the Dutch government had asked the company questions about the EUV technology, how it works, and who the customer is. The level of detail the government is seeking “is probably more than they would normally do,” he said.The delay in getting the EUV license has “zero” impact on the company’s business, he said. The licensing issue concerns their first-ever EUV order from a customer in China, where few companies are at the stage of ordering the cutting-edge technology. ASML mostly ships the machines, which cost roughly 150 million euros, to the U.S., Korea and Taiwan.The company forecast first-quarter sales largely in line with analyst expectations and said it won orders for nine more of its EUV lithography machines in the last quarter. The Dutch company said it expects sales of 3.1 billion euros ($3.4 billion) to 3.3 billion euros for the first quarter, compared with an average estimate of 3.26 billion euros.ASML also announced a share buy-back program of as much as 6 billion euros over three years, as it said it expects to win 4.5 billion euros in EUV revenue this year.(Updates with CEO comments from the 15th paragraph)\--With assistance from Joost Akkermans and Gao Yuan.To contact the reporters on this story: Ellen Proper in Amsterdam at eproper@bloomberg.net;Natalia Drozdiak in Brussels at ndrozdiak1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Edwin Chan at echan273@bloomberg.net, Amy ThomsonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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German DAX In Record Territory As European Stocks Try to Shake Off Coronavirus Fears
European stocks struggled for a foothold on Wednesday amid a barrage of company news and as investors tried to shake off fears over China’s coronavirus. German stocks are hovering at a record.
- MarketWatch
ASML Holding launches $6.66 billion share buyback program
ASML Holding NV said Wednesday that it was launching a three-year share-buyback program of up to 6 billion euros ($6.66 billion), and that profit rose for the fourth quarter of 2019.
