ASML
ASML's revenue rose 15.6% to €32.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 34.6%, up from 31.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was €11.1 billion, up 21.8%. It paid out €8.5 billion in dividends and buybacks, 77% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.2%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 23.7% a year and net income 22.4% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 9%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −3.0 | −3.1 | −2.4 | −8.0 | −8.9 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.4x | −0.4x | −0.2x | −0.8x | −0.7x |
| Debt to equity | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 123.6x | 106.9x | 59.2x | 55.5x | 95.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 0.8x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 8 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | 6.3% | −8.1% | −6.2% |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 6.9 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 18.6 | 21.2 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 32.7 |
| Revenue growth | 9.3% | 30.4% | 22.1% | 8.0% | 18.3% | 33.1% | 13.8% | 30.2% | 2.6% | 15.6% |
| Gross profit | 3.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 17.3 |
| Research and development | — | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| Operating income | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 11.3 |
| Net income | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 9.6 |
| Diluted EPS (EUR) | 3.64 | 4.79 | 6.08 | 6.15 | 8.48 | 14.34 | 14.13 | 19.89 | 19.24 | 24.71 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 428 | 432 | 426 | 422 | 419 | 410 | 398 | 394 | 394 | 389 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 11.2 | 12.7 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Free cash flow | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 11.1 |
| Dividends paid | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Share buybacks | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Acquisitions | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 2.9 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Total assets | 17.2 | 18.2 | 20.1 | 22.6 | 27.3 | 30.2 | 36.3 | 40.0 | 48.6 | 50.6 |
| Total liabilities | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 30.1 | 31.0 |
| Shareholders' equity | 10.0 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 18.5 | 19.6 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 45.8% | 44.9% | 46.0% | 44.7% | 48.6% | 52.7% | 50.5% | 51.3% | 51.3% | 52.8% |
| Operating margin | 25.6% | 27.2% | 27.1% | 23.6% | 29.0% | 36.3% | 30.7% | 32.8% | 31.9% | 34.6% |
| Net margin | 22.7% | 23.1% | 23.7% | 21.9% | 25.4% | 31.6% | 26.6% | 28.4% | 26.8% | 29.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 19.6% | 16.5% | 22.8% | 21.2% | 26.2% | 53.4% | 34.0% | 11.9% | 32.2% | 33.9% |
| Return on capital | 17.6% | 19.5% | 23.6% | 24.0% | 31.5% | 62.4% | 86.1% | 90.8% | 68.3% | 88.1% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | 20.0% | 23.2% | 21.4% | 26.9% | 49.0% | 59.4% | 70.4% | 47.4% | 50.5% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 11.7% | 13.5% | 12.1% | 14.2% | 20.5% | 16.9% | 20.6% | 17.1% | 19.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.2x | 0.3x | −0.3x | −0.5x | −0.6x | −0.4x | −0.4x | −0.2x | −0.8x | −0.7x |