$ASML: AI Demand Is Driving a New Wave of Chipmaking Equipment Orders 🚀

$ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ is up 46% year to date, but still trades 21% below its June high.

🐂 Bull Case

  • AI-driven memory demand: Memory accounted for 46% of Q3 system sales, up from 35%, as chipmakers expand capacity to meet AI demand.

  • EUV leadership: ASML remains the only supplier of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines. It shipped 17 EUV systems in Q3, compared with 9 a year earlier.

  • Long-term demand: Customers are already discussing orders for 2029 and 2030.

  • Services growth: Installed Base sales rose 68% year over year to €3.3B, representing 28% of Q3 revenue.

🔬 Q3 2026 Sales

  • EUV Systems: €4.1B, up 94% YoY

  • Non-EUV Systems: €4.3B, up 24% YoY

  • Installed Base: €3.3B, up 68% YoY

  • China: 23% of system sales, down from 42% a year ago

🏦 Balance Sheet

  • Cash: €12.7B

  • Net cash: €10.8B

  • LTM free cash flow: €21.1B

  • FCF yield: 3.9%

  • Q3 share buybacks: €4.1B

🔮 Analyst Estimates

  • Q4 2026 sales guidance: €14.2B–€15.2B

  • 2027 revenue: €57.2B, versus €32.7B in 2025

  • 2027 net income: €21.4B

  • 2027 net margin: 37.5%

  • 2027 EPS: €55.93, versus €24.73 in 2025

🎯 Valuation

  • 2026 forward P/E: 33.9x

  • 2027 forward P/E: 25x

  • Low price target: €2,100

  • Consensus price target: €2,542

  • High price target: €2,809

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