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ASML HOLDING NV ASML
ASML HOLDING NV (ASML) earns a Piotroski F-score of 8/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend (safety: no dividend). FY2025 revenue was $32.7B at a 29.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.98 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | B of A Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2026-06-22 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-06-03 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-16 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-16 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-03-26 | Bernstein | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 8/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.126 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.348 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.223 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.634 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASML | ASML HOLDING NV | 8/9 | 4.13 | — | +15.6% |
| LRCX | LAM RESEARCH CORP | 8/9 | 9.63 | 65.3 | +26% |
| ACMR | ACM Research, Inc. | 3/9 | 6.67 | 76.8 | +15.2% |
| ACLS | AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC | 4/9 | 8.71 | 44.3 | -17.6% |
| CRCT | Cricut, Inc. | 6/9 | 5.8 | 12.7 | -0.5% |
| VECO | VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC | 6/9 | 4.55 | 129.7 | -7.4% |
| AZTA | Azenta, Inc. | 6/9 | 9.11 | — | +3.6% |
About ASML HOLDING NV
ASML Holding N.V. provides lithography solutions for the development, production, marketing, sales, upgrading, and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems. The company offers lithography, metrology, and inspection systems. It also provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography systems solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. In addition, the company offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology systems, a diffraction-based wafer metrology platform to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI electron beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. Further, it provides computational lithography solutions, and lithography systems and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and related services. Additionally, the company offers hardware, software, and services to chipmakers to produce the patterns of integrated circuits. It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001. ASML Holding N.V. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
FAQ
Is ASML financially healthy?
ASML HOLDING NV's Piotroski F-score is 8/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ASML pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. ASML HOLDING NV pays a dividend with a None payout ratio, rated “no dividend” for safety.
How profitable is ASML?
In FY2025, ASML HOLDING NV had a net margin of 29.4% and a return on equity of 49.0%.
Is ASML overvalued or undervalued?
ASML HOLDING NV trades at about 73.3× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 28.8×–63.0×, median 45.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ASML?
The average Wall-Street price target for ASML HOLDING NV is $1,745.96, about 3.5% below the recent price, from 15 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is ASML a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ASML HOLDING NV: a Piotroski F-score of 8/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.