On the evening of the 15th, the stock price of global lithography machine giant ASML plummeted sharply, dropping more than 15%, and its latest total market value fell below $300 billion.
Earlier, ASML released its third quarter 2024 financial report, with significantly lower order volumes than market expectations.
The company's net sales for the third quarter were 7.47 billion euros, with a market expectation of 7.17 billion euros; The order volume for the third quarter was 2.63 billion euros, with a market expectation of 5.39 billion euros.
The company expects a net sales of 28 billion euros for the full year, with a market expectation of 27.71 billion euros; It is expected that the net sales in 2025 will be between 30 billion and 35 billion euros, with a market expectation of 35.94 billion euros; It is expected that the gross profit margin will be between 51% and 53% in 2025, compared to the previous expectation of 54% to 56%.
Other semiconductor stocks in the US stock market generally fell, with companies such as KeTian Semiconductor, Applied Materials, AMD, Nvidia, and Broadcom experiencing varying degrees of decline during trading, with Nvidia falling over 6.6% during trading.