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ASML Holding N.V.

ASMLF
71
Semiconductors · Technology
Price
$1746.50
-3.50 (-0.20%)
Market Cap
$673.13B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
71
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 26, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

5.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 410.4M (2021) → 388.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

ASML is a Dutch company that makes the machines used to manufacture computer chips. Its most advanced product, the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system, is the only machine in the world capable of printing the tiniest, most powerful chip designs. Its customers are major chipmakers like TSMC, Samsung, and Intel.

ASML earns revenue by selling and servicing these lithography systems, which can cost hundreds of millions of dollars each. The company is headquartered in the Netherlands and serves customers globally, with a market cap around $671 billion. Its monopoly on EUV technology gives it one of the strongest competitive moats in the entire tech industry. Growth is tied to rising demand for advanced chips used in AI and other computing applications, but export restrictions — particularly limits on sales to China — represent a meaningful risk to future revenue.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+21.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+11.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

€4.7B/ year

Rising (+9% vs prior year)

14.4% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€9.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

ASML Holding N.V. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 21%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
54.0%
Healthy — 54.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
37.1%
Excellent — 37.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
52.6%
Exceptional — 52.6% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+9.8%
Steady sales growth (+9.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+10.4%
Earnings growing (+10.4% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
108%
Turns 108% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
28.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (28.3%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.09
Conservative — low debt load (0.09)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
63.4x
Expensive — P/E 63.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+41.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (63.4 → 21.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.49%
Small dividend — 0.49% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+26.8%
Dividend growing fast (26.8% YoY)

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