Where Will ASML Be in 5 Years?

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ASML's (NASDAQ: ASML) stock has swung wildly and is now down about 40% from its 52-week peak, as fresh export-control rules cloud the outlook for the Dutch lithography titan. I break down ASML's record Q1 2025 haul of €7.7 billion in sales and a 54 % gross margin. Can ASML stay indispensable as AI-hungry foundries race to 2-nanometer nodes, or will geopolitics and lumpy orders dent its dominance? Watch for my five-year outlook on ASML.

*Stock prices used were the after-market prices of May 1, 2025. The video was published on May 2, 2025.

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