The company logged record quarterly orders, showing how tech clients continue to plow money into tools for making sophisticated semiconductors.

Bookings surged in the fourth quarter, indicating strong demand.

ASML is experiencing several tailwinds including an expectation of increased chipmaking capacity and continued demand for AI semiconductors.

AMSTERDAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - ASML has become Europe's most valuable company thanks to its dominance in making lithography systems, huge "chip printing" machines that cost $250 million each and are indispensable to firms driving the AI boom.

ASML has become Europes most valuable company by dominating one of the most critical technologies in modern chipmaking: extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. These massive semiconductor lithography machines,

Q4 orders hit record €13.2B, crushing forecasts. Company raises 2026 guidance as AI demand drives chipmaking equipment sales.

ASML blew past every single forecast in the fourth quarter of 2025, landing €13.2 billion in bookings, more than double what analysts were looking for.