{"id":1667,"date":"2026-04-13T05:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/1667\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:39:06","slug":"why-did-asml-stock-just-drop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/1667\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did ASML Stock Just Drop?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) stock, the Dutch manufacturer of machines that manufacture semiconductors, slipped 3.3% through 12:15 p.m. ET Friday, on no apparent bad news — actually, the contrary.<\/p>\n

It’s only been a couple of days now, after all, since investment bank Goldman Sachs urged investors to buy ASML. And it’s only been one day since investors got a chance to react to spectacular earnings news<\/a> from ASML customer Micron (NASDAQ: MU). (But then again, investors sold off Micron, too.)<\/p>\n

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In Wednesday’s note, Goldman Sachs cited signs of accelerating demand for semiconductors of all stripes<\/a>, based on revelations at Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) recent GTC 2026 conference, as its main reason to buy ASML stock. The analyst called ASML’s machines strategically important to growth in the semiconductor sector.<\/p>\n

What’s more, one of the reasons analysts cited for Micron stock getting cheaper yesterday was all the capital spending it plans to do!<\/p>\n

When Micron spends money on capex, by the way, that’s money that will be flowing to ASML. And the same should be true for Nvidia, increasing its AI semiconductor sales.<\/p>\n

Granted, this still leaves the valuation question to address. At 47 times trailing earnings, and only a little less than that when valued on price-to-free cash flow ratio, ASML is not a cheap stock. Then again, with analysts forecasting a long-term earnings growth rate near 19%, and good news from Nvidia and Micron lending credence to these forecasts… maybe ASML shouldn’t be a cheap stock.<\/p>\n

It should be an expensive stock, priced like a growth stock, instead.<\/p>\n

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