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Research snapshot 2026-08-31
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ASML 10 trade records · 0 option records · 2025-12-08 → 2026-07-15Moat
Widest in the Portfolio100% monopoly on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment. No other company on Earth can build EUV machines. Sustained by 30 years of iterative improvements, supplier relationships, and manufacturing processes refined through trial and error.…
Physical assets
StrongestVeldhoven, Netherlands HQ is where the world's most advanced lithography systems are developed, assembled, and tested. Purpose-built for EUV manufacturing with specialized cleanrooms and irreplaceable institutional knowledge. 60+ global locations, b…
Software / hardware
Software25%
Hardware75%
Growth. High-NA EUV transition locks every advanced foundry into multi-year ASML capex cycles as 100% lithography monopoly sustains $30B+ annual demand through 2030+. Primary assets. 100% EUV/High-NA lithography monopoly, Veldhoven Netherlands HQ an…
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Growth. High-NA EUV transition locks every advanced foundry into multi-year ASML capex cycles as 100% lithography monopoly sustains $30B+ annual demand through 2030+. Primary assets. 100% EUV/High-NA lithography monopoly, Veldhov…
- manual · physical-assets
Veldhoven, Netherlands HQ is where the world's most advanced lithography systems are developed, assembled, and tested. Purpose-built for EUV manufacturing with specialized cleanrooms and irreplaceable institutional knowledge. 60+…
- manual · moat
100% monopoly on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment. No other company on Earth can build EUV machines. Sustained by 30 years of iterative improvements, supplier relationships, and manufacturing processes refined thro…
| Date | Action | Type | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | BUY | Equity | +100% |
| 2026-07-06 | BUY | Equity | +13% |
| 2026-05-27 | BUY | Equity | +67% |
| 2026-05-11 | BUY | Equity | +22% |
| 2026-05-04 | BUY | Equity | +6% |
| 2026-04-16 | BUY | Equity | +20% |
| 2026-04-15 | BUY | Equity | +10% |
| 2026-01-09 | BUY | Equity | +1% |
| 2026-01-02 | BUY | Equity | +0% |
| 2025-12-08 | BUY | Equity | +0% |
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100% monopoly on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment. No other company on Earth can build EUV machines. Sustained by 30 years of iterative improvements, supplier relationships, and manufacturing processes refined through trial and error. High-NA EUV represents an even steeper barrier. Customer lock-in is nearly absolute: chipmakers have no alter…
Full portfolio moat / asset analysis
Veldhoven, Netherlands HQ is where the world's most advanced lithography systems are developed, assembled, and tested. Purpose-built for EUV manufacturing with specialized cleanrooms and irreplaceable institutional knowledge. 60+ global locations, but Veldhoven is the crown jewel — virtually irreplaceable.
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