ASML reports €4.0 billion net sales and €1.0 billion net income in Q2 2021
ASML reported €4.0 billion net sales and €1.0 billion net income for Q2 2021, with a gross margin of 50.9%. The company expects a 35% increase in net sales for 2021, and Q3 sales are forecasted at €5.2 to €5.4 billion. Net bookings reached €8.3 billion, boosting the backlog to €17.5 billion. ASML announced a new share buyback program of up to €9 billion, replacing the previous €6 billion plan, and aims to cancel the majority of repurchased shares. The CEO highlighted strong demand across market segments, particularly for EUV systems.
- Q2 2021 net sales of €4.0 billion, exceeding expectations.
- Gross margin improved to 50.9%, above guidance.
- Net bookings of €8.3 billion, significantly increasing backlog to €17.5 billion.
- New share buyback program worth up to €9 billion to enhance shareholder value.
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ASML reports
Net sales now expected to grow by around
VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, July 21, 2021 – today ASML Holding NV (ASML) has published its 2021 second-quarter results.
- Q2 net sales of
€4.0 billion , gross margin of50.9% , net income of€1.0 billion - Q2 net bookings of
€8.3 billion - ASML expects Q3 2021 net sales between
€5.2 billion and€5.4 billion and a gross margin between51% and52% - ASML announces a new share buyback program of up to
€9 billion to be executed by December 31, 2023
| (Figures in millions of euros unless otherwise indicated) | Q1 2021 | Q2 2021 |
| Net sales | 4,364 | 4,020 |
| ...of which Installed Base Management sales 1 | 1,235 | 1,071 |
| New lithography systems sold (units) | 73 | 69 |
| Used lithography systems sold (units) | 3 | 3 |
| Net bookings 2 | 4,740 | 8,271 |
| Gross profit | 2,352 | 2,045 |
| Gross margin (%) | 53.9 | 50.9 |
| Net income | 1,331 | 1,038 |
| EPS (basic; in euros) | 3.21 | 2.52 |
| End-quarter cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments | 4,656 | 5,374 |
(1) Installed Base Management sales equals our net service and field option sales.
(2) Our systems net bookings include all system sales orders for which written authorizations have been accepted (for EUV excluding the High-NA systems).
Numbers have been rounded for readers' convenience. A complete summary of US GAAP Consolidated Statements of Operations is published on www.asml.com
CEO statement and outlook
"Our second-quarter net sales came in at
"The demand continues to be high across all market segments and our product portfolio. This is a reflection of the market that is focused on increasing capacity to support the build-up of the digital infrastructure. The long-term demand is not only for advanced nodes, but also for legacy and mature nodes in Logic as well as Memory. We are working to maximize output and we currently expect net sales growth by around
ASML expects third-quarter net sales between
Products and business highlights
- In our EUV business, the first TWINSCAN NXE:3600D system was shipped to a customer. The system offers
15% to20% productivity improvement capability and around30% improved overlay compared with the TWINSCAN NXE:3400C.
We are now ramping EUV in volume production for Memory with plans to implement EUV on future nodes across three DRAM customers.
- In our DUV business, the TWINSCAN NXT:2000i (an ArFi immersion system) achieved a record of exposing over 6,300 wafers in a single day at a customer.
The 100th TWINSCAN was refurbished, demonstrating our commitment to the circular economy. This year we expect to ship 20 refurbished PAS systems (introduced 30 years ago and still running at high utilization at our customers) and six refurbished TWINSCAN systems.
- In our Applications business, we shipped the first YieldStar 1385 this quarter. This next-generation tool provides the ability to measure after etch device patterns enabling extended yield control capability to our customers. YS1385 delivers improved accuracy and ~
50% productivity improvement capability over the YieldStar 1375.
New share buyback program
As part of ASML's financial policy to return excess cash to its shareholders through growing dividends and share buybacks, ASML announces a new share buyback program which will start on July 22, 2021 and is to be executed by 31 December 2023. As part of this program, ASML intends to repurchase shares up to an amount of
The share buyback program will be executed within the limitations of the existing authority granted by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) on April 29, 2021 and of the authority to be granted by future AGMs. The share buyback program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time. All transactions under this program will be published on ASML's website (www.asml.com/investors) on a weekly basis.
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Quarterly video interview, investor call
With this press release, ASML has published a video interview in which CEO Peter Wennink discusses the 2021 second-quarter results and outlook for 2021. This can be viewed on www.asml.com.
An investor call for both investors and the media will be hosted by CEO Peter Wennink and CFO Roger Dassen on July 21, 2021 at 15:00 Central European Time / 09:00 US Eastern Time. Details can be found on our website.
About ASML
ASML is a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry. The company provides chipmakers with hardware, software and services to mass produce the patterns of integrated circuits (microchips). Together with its partners, ASML drives the advancement of more affordable, more powerful, more energy-efficient microchips. ASML enables groundbreaking technology to solve some of humanity's toughest challenges, such as in healthcare, energy use and conservation, mobility and agriculture. ASML is a multinational company headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, with offices across Europe, the US and Asia. Every day, ASML’s more than 29,000 employees challenge the status quo and push technology to new limits. ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML. Discover ASML – our products, technology and career opportunities – at www.asml.com.
US GAAP and IFRS Financial Reporting
ASML's primary accounting standard for quarterly earnings releases and annual reports is US GAAP, the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Quarterly Summary US GAAP consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of cash flows and consolidated balance sheets are available on www.asml.com.
The consolidated balance sheets of ASML Holding N.V. as of July 4, 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows for the quarter and six-month period ended July 4, 2021 as presented in this press release are unaudited.
Today, July 21, 2021, ASML also published its Statutory Interim Report for the six-month period ended July 4, 2021. This report is in accordance with the requirements of the EU Transparency Directive as implemented in the Netherlands, and includes Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements prepared in accordance with IAS 34 as adopted by the European Union 'Interim Financial Reporting', an Interim Management Board Report and a Managing Directors' Statement and is available on www.asml.com.
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Forward Looking Statements
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