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Company snapshot — ASML Holding N.V.

ASML.AS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
ASML builds the lithography machines that print circuit patterns onto silicon wafers, including extreme ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet systems, alongside metrology and inspection tools that check pattern quality and locate defects. It also sells computational lithography software, control software and the upgrades and servicing that keep installed machines running. Chipmakers use its tools to manufacture a range of semiconductor nodes. The company is based in Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Where it sits in the stack
ASML carries no seat in Rubin, our AI-buildout index; it belongs to the semiconductor-equipment corner of the Technology sector inside our Euro-AI 50 universe. Its lithography tools constrain how quickly foundries can add capacity for the advanced nodes that AI chips are built on, since output depends on machine deliveries rather than demand alone.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Dutch technology names, ASM International and BE Semiconductor Industries, on shared sector and country grounds; the market also sets it against Applied Materials.
Why Closelook tracks it
ASML sits in our Euro-AI 50 index and carries a Closelook score, with quality the strongest module and valuation the weakest; the diary's Midday 10 has quoted it when European chip names moved apart on the same session.
What the diary watches
Whether orders and shipments for its lithography systems keep pace as foundries plan the next round of advanced-node capacity, which is what the diary watches for a read on the equipment layer.

ASML Holding N.V. (ASML.AS) trades on the AS exchange in Netherlands, classified under Technology. Constituent of Euro-AI 50.

The Closelook company score reads 62/100 composite (momentum 55, quality 83, valuation 22) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ASML.AS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Technology · Netherlands · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Technology · Netherlands

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against ASML.AS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Euro-AI 50 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Euro-AI 50 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
ASML.AS+1.6%−3.8%−8.0%−14.5%
Euro-AI 50+1.7%+0.9%−4.1%—

Against the index: 4.7 pts behind on the week, 3.9 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Technology in Europe: +0.3% week · +2.1% month · +10.9% quarter · +14.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH1.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is ASML Holding N.V. (ASML.AS)?

ASML Holding N.V. trades as ASML.AS on the AS exchange (Netherlands) and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is ASML.AS in a Closelook index?

Yes — ASML Holding N.V. is a constituent of Euro-AI 50, as of 2026-09-18.

What is ASML Holding N.V.'s Closelook composite score?

62 out of 100, with momentum 55, quality 83 and valuation 22 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ASML.AS trade against its moving averages?

In a correction — 18.6% off its high: 18.6% below its 52-week high and under its 50-day — a textbook 10-to-20% correction. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is ASML.AS doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month ASML Holding N.V. is −8.0% against −4.1% for the Euro-AI 50 — 3.9 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-17. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does ASML Holding N.V. do?

ASML builds the lithography machines that print circuit patterns onto silicon wafers, including extreme ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet systems, alongside metrology and inspection tools that check pattern quality and locate defects. It also sells computational lithography software, control software and the upgrades and servicing that keep installed machines running. Chipmakers use its tools to manufacture a range of semiconductor nodes. Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Dutch technology names, ASM International and BE Semiconductor Industries, on shared sector and country grounds; the market also sets it against Applied Materials.

Where does ASML Holding N.V. sit in the AI build-out?

ASML carries no seat in Rubin, our AI-buildout index; it belongs to the semiconductor-equipment corner of the Technology sector inside our Euro-AI 50 universe. Its lithography tools constrain how quickly foundries can add capacity for the advanced nodes that AI chips are built on, since output depends on machine deliveries rather than demand alone. ASML sits in our Euro-AI 50 index and carries a Closelook score, with quality the strongest module and valuation the weakest; the diary's Midday 10 has quoted it when European chip names moved apart on the same session.

Where has Closelook written about ASML Holding N.V.?

ASML Holding N.V. appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Midday 10: Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trend (2026-09-08). What Closelook said most recently: In Europe, Infineon is down 3.8% and BE Semiconductor 3.6%, while ASML in Amsterdam is up only 1.2%: the power, automotive and packaging end of the industry is being sold on the same day the AI-connectivity end is being bought. (Midday 10, 2026-09-08). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ASML.AS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Midday 10, “Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trend” (2026-09-08)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where ASML.AS appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

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