ASML Holding Valuation

Is ASML undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ASML when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ASML (€616.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€744.39)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ASML is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ASML?

Key metric: As ASML is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ASML. This is calculated by dividing ASML's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ASML's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio35x
Earnings€6.93b
Market Cap€242.30b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ASML's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ASML vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.8x
ASM ASM International
43.7x21.7%€24.1b
BESI BE Semiconductor Industries
48.1x30.1%€8.5b
AMAT Applied Materials
19.6x7.8%US$139.6b
27.8x13.6%US$82.4b
ASML ASML Holding
35x18.8%€242.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ASML is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35x) compared to the peer average (34.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ASML's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Semiconductor Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ASML 35.0xIndustry Avg. 13.7xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ASML is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35x) compared to the European Semiconductor industry average (13.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ASML's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ASML PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35x
Fair PE Ratio49x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ASML is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ASML forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€616.50
€844.52
+37.0%
12.7%€1,057.00€675.00n/a31
Nov ’25€627.10
€862.45
+37.5%
12.1%€1,057.00€680.00n/a31
Oct ’25€741.80
€1,015.17
+36.9%
13.1%€1,260.00€770.00n/a30
Sep ’25€812.00
€1,068.74
+31.6%
12.0%€1,302.00€832.00n/a30
Aug ’25€829.90
€1,069.07
+28.8%
12.0%€1,302.00€832.00n/a30
Jul ’25€954.30
€1,012.57
+6.1%
15.9%€1,302.00€635.00n/a32
Jun ’25€870.80
€994.88
+14.2%
15.4%€1,260.00€635.00n/a32
May ’25€832.70
€994.09
+19.4%
15.7%€1,260.00€635.00n/a32
Apr ’25€892.20
€878.85
-1.5%
17.0%€1,260.00€635.00n/a33
Mar ’25€894.00
€845.76
-5.4%
14.2%€1,064.00€635.00n/a34
Feb ’25€812.50
€809.85
-0.3%
15.5%€1,050.00€514.00n/a34
Jan ’25€681.70
€700.44
+2.7%
14.5%€950.00€440.00n/a34
Dec ’24€637.50
€695.44
+9.1%
14.0%€950.00€440.00n/a34
Nov ’24€571.30
€689.85
+20.8%
13.6%€950.00€440.00€627.1034
Oct ’24€559.10
€722.00
+29.1%
14.2%€950.00€440.00€741.8033
Sep ’24€611.70
€732.90
+19.8%
14.0%€950.00€440.00€812.0031
Aug ’24€644.60
€744.34
+15.5%
12.6%€950.00€440.00€829.9029
Jul ’24€663.00
€721.50
+8.8%
12.1%€866.00€440.00€954.3028
Jun ’24€677.20
€724.68
+7.0%
10.0%€866.00€560.00€870.8028
May ’24€573.50
€724.46
+26.3%
9.9%€866.00€560.00€832.7028
Apr ’24€625.20
€716.96
+14.7%
11.6%€866.00€440.00€892.2029
Mar ’24€574.60
€724.07
+26.0%
9.2%€866.00€560.00€894.0029
Feb ’24€607.40
€720.45
+18.6%
9.2%€866.00€560.00€812.5029
Jan ’24€503.80
€702.63
+39.5%
11.2%€866.00€485.00€681.7027
Dec ’23€582.20
€690.92
+18.7%
10.9%€866.00€485.00€637.5026
Nov ’23€481.65
€635.68
+32.0%
14.9%€770.00€450.00€571.3026

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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