ASML Holding N.V. · ASML · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026

ASML: Record Q3 sales, strong memory demand, guidance maintained

The supplied analysis supports a constructive near-term operating picture: record Q3 sales, strong EUV and upgrade demand, and accelerating memory and High-NA activity reinforce the growth trajectory. The main test is whether capacity, pricing execution and supply-chain readiness can convert demand into durable margin and revenue growth.

Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology $662.06B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $12.17
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $13.14B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -1.9% Event window
SPY move -1.3% Same window
Abnormal move -0.6% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift 0.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, management maintained guidance but described record Q3 sales and margins, memory growth of about 75% year over year, capacity expansion beyond the earlier 30% target for 2027–2028, and further progress toward High-NA EUV volume manufacturing. The call also added discussion of value-based pricing, new tool introductions and a TSMC EUV mask-line collaboration.

Guidance delta

Management maintained Q4 and full-year 2026 guidance; no new quantitative guidance change was identified in the supplied analysis.

Key takeaways

  • Record Q3 sales and gross margin were attributed to strong EUV and installed-base upgrade demand.
  • Memory sales were projected to grow about 75% year over year, outpacing logic.
  • Management described capacity expansion beyond the previously targeted 30% increase for 2027–2028.
  • High-NA EUV adoption is advancing with shipments or commitments involving Intel, Samsung and TSMC.
  • The call also highlighted ramp costs, supplier constraints, China exposure and the durability of upgrade revenue as key watchpoints.

Management priorities

  • Scale low-NA EUV output and expand 2027 capacity
  • Advance High-NA EUV toward high-volume manufacturing
  • Launch the NXE:3.8 thousandF low-NA EUV system and next-generation DUV immersion tools
  • Expand EUV and DUV installed-base upgrade offerings
  • Develop the EUV photomask pilot-line collaboration with TSMC

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ASML EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $4.77 Q4 '23 actual $5.20, beat Q1 '24 estimate $2.82 Q1 '24 actual $3.11, beat Q2 '24 estimate $3.73 Q2 '24 actual $4.01, beat Q3 '24 estimate $5.24 Q3 '24 actual $5.80, beat Q2 '25 estimate $6.10 Q2 '25 actual $6.84, beat Q3 '25 estimate $6.27 Q3 '25 actual $6.41, beat Q4 '25 estimate $9.04 Q4 '25 actual $8.55, miss Q1 '26 estimate $7.72 Q1 '26 actual $8.37, beat Q2 '26 estimate $7.98 Q2 '26 actual $8.68, beat Q3 '26 estimate $12.17 Q4 '26 estimate $13.44 Q1 '27 estimate $12.14 Q2 '27 estimate $13.12
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy44 ratings
Bullish2659.1%
Neutral1534.1%
Bearish36.8%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$1,650Current
$800Low
$1,580.47Average
$2,623High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 16, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 16, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 16, 2026
Bernstein Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 6, 2026
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainJun 22, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $1,650. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
RBC CapitalSrini Pajjuri$2,100$1,803.25 +27.3%Oct 7, 2026
Argus ResearchAnalyst unavailable$2,100$1,838.44 +27.3%Jul 16, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$2,500$1,815.27 +51.5%Jul 16, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$2,000$1,726.04 +21.2%Jul 14, 2026
BernsteinDavid Dai$2,623$1,769.32 +59.0%Jul 6, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

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…

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