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      <title>ASML beats earnings estimates despite signs of weakness</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AMSTERDAM: ASML Holding NV (ASML.AS), a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported better than expected first-quarter earnings on Wednesday despite signs of weakness in chip markets.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The report showing healthy earnings at Europe’s largest technology company follows news that customers including Samsung (005930.KS) will cut production because of a downturn in semiconductor demand, while memory chip manufacturers SK Hynix (000660.KS) and Micron (MU.O) have cut spending plans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ASML posted a threefold jump in net profit to 1.96 billion euros ($2.15 billion) on revenue up 91% at 6.74 billion euros. Analysts had forecast net profit of 1.62 billion euros on revenue of 6.31 billion euros, Refinitiv data shows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The outlook for ASML remains strong despite belt-tightening among its client base, ASML said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Overall demand still exceeds our capacity for this year and we currently have an (order) backlog of over 38.9 billion euros,” CEO Peter Wennink said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ASML plays a key role in the semiconductor industry because it dominates the market for lithography equipment used to create the minute circuitry of chips.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It has struggled to meet demand as top customers TSMC (2330.TW), Samsung and Intel (INTC.O) continue to spend billions on expansion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ASML maintained a forecast for 25% sales growth this year, with sales of between 6.5 million and 6.7 billion euros in the second quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finance chief Roger Daasen said some major companies were “delaying the timing of their demand for certain tools” but others were happy to take over their orders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“For memory customers, we do see them limiting their capex … (and) we see some of that behaviour also in certain segments of logic,” he said, referring to the two largest categories of computer chips.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>AMSTERDAM: ASML Holding NV (ASML.AS), a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported better than expected first-quarter earnings on Wednesday despite signs of weakness in chip markets.</strong></p>
<p>The report showing healthy earnings at Europe’s largest technology company follows news that customers including Samsung (005930.KS) will cut production because of a downturn in semiconductor demand, while memory chip manufacturers SK Hynix (000660.KS) and Micron (MU.O) have cut spending plans.</p>
<p>ASML posted a threefold jump in net profit to 1.96 billion euros ($2.15 billion) on revenue up 91% at 6.74 billion euros. Analysts had forecast net profit of 1.62 billion euros on revenue of 6.31 billion euros, Refinitiv data shows.</p>
<p>The outlook for ASML remains strong despite belt-tightening among its client base, ASML said.</p>
<p>“Overall demand still exceeds our capacity for this year and we currently have an (order) backlog of over 38.9 billion euros,” CEO Peter Wennink said in a statement.</p>
<p>ASML plays a key role in the semiconductor industry because it dominates the market for lithography equipment used to create the minute circuitry of chips.</p>
<p>It has struggled to meet demand as top customers TSMC (2330.TW), Samsung and Intel (INTC.O) continue to spend billions on expansion.</p>
<p>ASML maintained a forecast for 25% sales growth this year, with sales of between 6.5 million and 6.7 billion euros in the second quarter.</p>
<p>Finance chief Roger Daasen said some major companies were “delaying the timing of their demand for certain tools” but others were happy to take over their orders.</p>
<p>“For memory customers, we do see them limiting their capex … (and) we see some of that behaviour also in certain segments of logic,” he said, referring to the two largest categories of computer chips.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:16:28 +0500</pubDate>
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