ASML Holding 4Q Profit, Sales Beat Expectations
January 20 2021 - 1:49AM
Dow Jones News
By Adria Calatayud
ASML Holding NV said Wednesday that net profit and sales for the
fourth quarter rose, topping expectations, and that it expects
double-digit sales growth in the year ahead.
Net profit for the quarter rose to 1.35 billion euros ($1.64
billion) from EUR1.13 billion for the same period of 2019, the
Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment said. Analysts expected ASML
to post a net profit of EUR1.02 billion, according to a consensus
taken from FactSet and based on estimates by seven analysts.
Quarterly net sales were EUR4.25 billion, up from EUR4.04
billion a year earlier. This compares with expectations of EUR3.73
billion, according to a FactSet-provided consensus based on
estimates by 19 analysts.
The company said net bookings were EUR4.2 billion in the fourth
quarter. This included bookings for six units of its most advanced
technology, called extreme ultraviolet lithography or EUV.
ASML said it expects first-quarter net sales to be between
EUR3.9 billion and EUR4.1 billion, with a gross margin of between
50% and 51%.
The company declared a final dividend of EUR1.55 a share, taking
its total payout for the year to EUR2.75 a share, a 15% increase on
year.
Write to Adria Calatayud at adria.calatayud@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 20, 2021 01:34 ET (06:34 GMT)
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