ASML Holding N.V. shares stand out with an interesting technical chart pattern displaying horizontal consolidation. One would assume that the current accumulation phase will cede eventually to an acceleration to the upside.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.
Strengths
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 44.86 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
● Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
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ASML Holding N.V. is one of the world leaders in the manufacturing of lithography equipment for the semiconductor industry. The group's equipment is used to print integrated circuits on very thin silicon chips. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of lithography equipment (79.6%). The group also offers optical products and components for lithography;
- services (20.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the Netherlands (0.1%), Europe-Middle East-Africa (4.4%), Taiwan (29.3%), South Korea (25.2%), China (26.3%), Japan (2.2%), Singapore (1%), Asia (0.1%) and the United States (11.4%).