The CEO of Dutch chipmaking giant ASML warned investors they needed to get used to more DeepSeek-style “elephants in the room” as he projected optimism days after China’s surprise AI chatbot caused turmoil for Western tech stocks.

Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML on Wednesday reported better-than-expected net sales and profit results for the fourth quarter.

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I reiterate a 'Buy' rating for ASML with a one-year target price of US$864 per share, driven by AI's continued growth.

Investors will seek reassurance that ASML's AI-dependent growth outlook for 2025 is secure despite a selloff sparked by China's DeepSeek, as the biggest supplier of equipment used to make computer chips ASML reports earnings on Wednesday.

ASML's shares rose by more than 7% today and were up by 4.1% as of 11:03 a.m. ET.

ASML’s market capitalization fell by more than 19 billion euros on Monday on concern that a new AI model by Chinese start-up DeepSeek (深度求索) can provide comparable performance to Western chatbots at a fraction of the price. ASML makes machines needed to produce some high-end chips that the Chinese company is barred from purchasing.

DeepSeek’s much-hyped low-cost AI revolution could be a positive for companies supplying the tools for furthering the technology’s adoption,

ASML shares have bounced back from the impact of DeepSeek. ASML predicts that low-cost AI models will boost demand for the firm's machines.

The company posted orders well above analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter as chip makers scrambled to get their hands on machinery to produce increasingly sophisticated semiconductors.

The company posted fourth-quarter orders well above analysts’ expectations as chip makers scrambled for machinery to produce increasingly sophisticated semiconductors.