Is ASML (ASML) a Buy Right Now?
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What ASML actually does
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.
Who owns ASML?
Institutions — pension funds, asset managers, index providers — hold 20.4% of ASML, and the concentration matters: the largest single holder alone controls 1.41% of the company.
| Holder | Shares | % held |
|---|---|---|
| 5.48M | 1.41% | |
| 4.74M | 1.22% | |
| 3.73M | 0.96% |
Names withheld — plus 3 more records not shown.
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Who in Washington has been trading ASML?
Members of Congress must disclose trades over $1,000 within 45 days under the STOCK Act. At least 25 disclosures name ASML — filed by 9 separate members or more and worth $67K–$480K combined (filings report bands, never exact amounts). 19 purchase-side, 6 sale-side, most recently on 2026-04-17.
| Member | Date | Action | Amount filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | SELL | $1,001 - $15,000 | |
| 2026-03-31 | BUY | $1,001 - $15,000 | |
| 2026-03-23 | BUY | $1,001 - $15,000 |
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