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ASML Holding ASML

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Price History

€2.23€575.29€1,148€1,721
1998-06 · DCA start€4.31

Time underwater

How far below its previous all-time high the price sat, each month. 0% means a new high.

-86.8%-57.9%-28.9%0.0%
1998-062026-08 · -6.7%

Worst drawdown: −87%, peaking May 2000 and bottoming Feb 2003 — 157 months below the prior high before recovering.

DCA Backtest

Invested
€33,900
Value today
€1,698,088
Return
+4909.1%
Months invested
339

Scenarios

Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be €46,263 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is +3570.5%.

Lump sum instead — €33,900 all at once in Jun 1998: €12,631,960 (+37162.4%) — lump sum came out ahead.

Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (May 2026): €407.73 on €400 invested (+1.9%).

⚠ Price returns only — dividends are not included. This understates the true return of dividend-paying shares, and any comparison against crypto (which pays no dividends) is biased against equities by roughly the dividend yield, compounded.

If this saved you a spreadsheet — buy me a coffee.

Every start month at once

Each cell is the return-to-date of £/$/€100-a-month DCA started that month. Click a cell to load it in the backtest above. The ringed cell is the all-time-high start — the worst timing scenario.

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Legend:−50%−20%0%+50%+200%+1000%worst timing (ATH)Selected 1998-06: +4909.1%

About ASML Holding

ASML Holding N.V. is a Dutch multinational corporation that develops and manufactures photolithography machines, which are used to produce integrated circuits. It is the largest supplier for the semiconductor industry, as well as the most advanced producer of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines, which are required to manufacture the most advanced chips. As of January 2026, its market capitalization was approximately $527 billion, making it Europe's largest technology company and one of its most valuable firms overall. (Wikipedia)

It's a listed company categorised under information technology.

It rates Medium-Low Risk at 2.0/5, meaning the rated factors are mostly sound, with one or two areas worth watching.

What pushes the score up: concentration (3.5/5) and market / volatility (3.0/5).

Scoring well: sector / regulatory at 1.0/5.

Ratings summarise sourced facts against fixed rules — not investment advice, and no substitute for your own diligence.

Risk Profile

Medium-Low Risk(2.0/5)100% rated

How these ratings work

Market / Volatility3.0/5 · weight 20%
  • Annualised volatility (3yr)3/538.3
  • Max drawdown from ATH5/586.8
  • Beta vs S&P 5001/50.21
Liquidity1.0/5 · weight 15%
  • Avg daily $ volume1/5993.4m
  • Float % of shares outstandingnot yet researched
Leverage / Financial1.0/5 · weight 20%
  • Debt / equity1/50.22
  • Interest coverage (EBIT / interest)1/597.4
Earnings Quality3.0/5 · weight 15%
  • 3yr EPS volatility3/520.1
Concentration3.5/5 · weight 10%
  • Largest customer, % of revenue3/524.0
  • Geographic revenue concentration4/5majority volatile region
Governance1.0/5 · weight 10%
  • Board independence %not yet researched
  • Share structure1/5single class
  • Litigation / audit historynot yet researched
Sector / Regulatory1.0/5 · weight 10%
  • Sector regulatory exposure1/5low

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