revenue growth
30 pct
FY 2021
official guidance
| Revenue | €32.7B |
|---|---|
| Operating income | €11.3B |
| Net income | €9.6B |
| Free cash flow | €11.1B |
| Operating margin | 34.6% |
| Net margin | 29.4% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% |
| Period | 2025 |
OpenFilings analyst
Agentic read of the latest earnings call — recommendation updates when we process a new transcript. Research synthesis, not investment advice.
Demand acceleration and EUV scarcity outweigh near-term revenue timing noise.
Latest call · Q1 2021ASML delivered a strong Q1 with €4.4 billion of sales, nearly 54% gross margin and €4.7 billion of orders, roughly half EUV.
Management raised 2021 expectations to close to 30% sales growth and 51%-52% gross margin, supported by stronger Logic and Memory demand; the main near-term tension is a lighter Q2 from shipment acceptance timing and pulled-forward software upgrades.
Q2 sales and margin are guided lower because several DUV tools shipped without factory acceptance will not be recognized until Q3, while Installed Base software revenue falls from €1.2 billion in Q1 to roughly €0.9 billion.
Second-half revenue should be stronger as delayed DUV acceptance occurs and customer demand converts into shipments.
EUV supply remains constrained in 2021 because ASML did not plan additional systems; EUV is expected to grow about 30% this year.
EUV adoption is broadening beyond leading-edge Logic into Memory, with major DRAM makers introducing EUV; customers are also applying more EUV layers in Logic than previously expected.
ASML is planning 55 NXE:3600D systems for 2022, with 15%-20% higher wafer-per-day productivity than the current generation.
Digital transformation, 5G, AI and high-performance computing support a multi-year semiconductor equipment demand cycle beyond the post-COVID catch-up.
Geopolitical efforts toward regional semiconductor self-sufficiency should increase capital intensity and equipment demand, benefiting ASML, though capacity expansion depends heavily on its supply chain.
The company remains supply-constrained, and the ability to ramp EUV and DUV output depends on expanding internal and supplier capacity.
Q1 Installed Base strength was partly pulled forward through productivity software upgrades, creating a temporary Q2 comparison headwind.
Management cited strong longer-term demand but did not quantify a full multi-year revenue or earnings framework ahead of the September Capital Markets Day.
revenue growth
30 pct
FY 2021
official guidance
gross margin
51–52 pct
FY 2021
official guidance
gross margin
49 pct
Q2 2021
official guidance
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