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Malcolm Ethridge, Mgn. partner, Capital Area Planning Group ASML Holding ASML-Q BUY Aug 06, 2025

He bought into weakness (not strength). He bought it as an AI play. TSM is their biggest customer. They've had a problem with China for a while, though boasts over a 50% profit margin. They're turning a corner, because the AI conversation has shifted from laptops and PCs to going mobile. So, they will need to buy new equipment, and this benefits ASML.

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DON'T BUY

It makes equipment that is used by semi-conductor manufacturers. It is more cyclical than the semi-conductor sector, which outside of AI shifts is already facing a flat to downward cycle.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Feb 15/24, Down 20%)

Fell below 200-day MA in summer, he got stopped out. Would revisit the name once the dust settles. 30x forward PE for 20% earnings growth. Trying to base. Long-term AI sector thesis very much intact. The leader in its niche.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Feb 21/24, Down 16%)

Last October, warning shock for chip investors. Cut 2025 guidance. He got out of the way. Lithography is a cyclical business. If you're still holding, sell.

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HOLD

Last year was rough, but is holding up better this year. Long term for her, though it may doing nothing in the near future as the Nasdaq stays under pressure.

DON'T BUY

The do a lot of business with China, and Trump refuses to help any Dutch company do business in China, a business ASML needs. (Biden felt the same.) ASML controls a crucial part in the entire semiconductor chain.

DON'T BUY

It reports Wednesday. Is afraid it will miss like last time. Not exactly opaque--a complicated company.

HOLD

His holding in the space instead of TSM.

SELL

Hardware makers are in a tricky spot. Sold, mainly because so many headlines involve the US trying to clamp down on China's access to everything related to semiconductors. Part of China's response to that was to buy up as much non-advanced-edge chip equipment as it could. An overhang going forward.

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COMMENT

They report Wednesday. If they report good numbers, it could spark a round of semis buying.