ASML vs CAMT vs KLAC Stock Comparison

Asml Holding, Camtek and Kla Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ASML Asml Holding Nv
$1,356.65 -26.0% 1M +30.0% 1Y
Market cap
$522.88B
P/E
48.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.62B
Div. yield
0.68%
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
5 wins
CAMT Camtek Ltd
$91.92 -40.5% 1M -25.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.21B
P/E
31.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$544.32M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
2 wins
KLAC Kla Corp
$129.80 -34.3% 1M +5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$169.12B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.51B
Div. yield
0.36%
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Asml Holding leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Asml Holding 5, Kla 3, Camtek 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionASMLCAMTKLACLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $522.88B $4.21B $169.12B ASML
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 48.2x 31.4x 32.2x CAMT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.4x 26.6x 22.9x KLAC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.9% +12.2% +15.8% ASML
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 29.1% 24.6% 36.2% KLAC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 43.4% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.68% 0.00% 0.36% ASML
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.0% -25.7% +5.8% ASML
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.9%/yr +16.5%/yr +25.5%/yr KLAC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.4% 73.1% 63.7% ASML
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 64/100 60/100 CAMT

Percentile Scorecard

ASMLCAMTKLAC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisASMLCAMTKLAC
Valuation 13 #82 of 94 52 #46 of 94 42 #55 of 94
Growth 79 #20 of 92 81 #18 of 92 51 #46 of 92
Profitability 76 #22 of 90 73 #25 of 90 97 #4 of 90
Financial Health 13 #88 of 101 52 #49 of 101 21 #80 of 101
Shareholder Returns 43 #47 of 81 – 88 #11 of 81
Overall 45 64 60
  • ASML ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • CAMT ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • KLAC ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodASMLCAMTKLACSPY
1 month -26.0%-40.5%-34.3% -5.9%
3 months -20.4%-38.6%-32.8% -4.6%
6 months -10.5%-52.4%-26.4% +0.2%
Year to date +26.8%-13.6%+6.8% +7.5%
1 year +30.0%-25.7%+5.8% +8.2%
3 years +112.8%+66.2%+160.2% +68.3%
3 years, per year +28.7%+18.5%+37.6% +19.0%
5 years +60.2%+114.4%+211.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year +9.9%+16.5%+25.5% +9.4%
10 years +1,223.7%+3,136.6%+1,641.8% +251.5%
10 years, per year +29.5%+41.6%+33.1% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureASMLCAMTKLACSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.4%73.1%63.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 49.5%78.0%69.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.242.692.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.62-0.350.09 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.9%-63.2%-57.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.8%-55.7%-57.0% -5.9%
52-week high $1,989.44$207.46$301.71 $779.14
52-week low $966.57$91.92$109.71 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleASMLCAMTKLAC
P/E now vs peer median 48.2xmedian 35.6x 31.4xmedian 35.6x 32.2xmedian 35.6x
P/S now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 5.8x 7.7xmedian 5.8x 11.7xmedian 5.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 21.9x —median 21.9x 26.3xmedian 21.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 41.8xmedian 30.7x —median 30.7x 41.9xmedian 30.7x
P/B now vs peer median 22.7xmedian 3.5x 5.6xmedian 3.5x 25.9xmedian 3.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.99median 1.25 1.75median 1.25 1.53median 1.25

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsASMLCAMTKLAC
Revenue $37.62B $544.32M $14.51B
Gross profit $19.58B $272.33M $8.92B
Operating income – $126.01M $6.19B
Net income – $179.10M $5.26B
Free cash flow – – $4.04B
R&D – $61.98M $1.57B
EPS (diluted) $28.13 $2.71 $4.01
Cash & equivalents $15.17B $280.65M $1.53B
Total debt $5.16B – $5.72B
Shares (diluted) 388.90M 49.37M 1.31B
Enterprise value $478.56B $3.01B $161.70B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricASMLCAMTKLAC
P/E 48.2x 31.4x 32.2x
P/FCF 41.8x – 41.9x
P/Operating cash flow – – 37.5x
P/S 13.9x 7.7x 11.7x
P/B 22.7x 5.6x 25.9x
P/Tangible book 23.3x 5.7x 26.8x
EV/EBITDA – – 26.3x
EV/EBIT – 30.6x 28.0x
EV/Revenue 13.6x 7.1x 11.9x
EV/FCF – – 42.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 38.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.99 1.75 1.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricASMLCAMTKLAC
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.9% 12.2% 15.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.4% 20.8% 12.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 24.9% 11.5% 16.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 20.6% 22.6% 13.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -1.4% 18.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 22.4% 17.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 243.8% 24.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 22.1% 19.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 35.2% 179.5% 25.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.2% 18.0% 21.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 8.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 4.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 7.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricASMLCAMTKLAC
Gross margin 52.0% 50.0% 61.5%
EBITDA margin – – 45.4%
Operating margin – 23.2% 42.6%
Pretax margin – 28.7% 42.2%
Net margin 29.1% 24.6% 36.2%
FCF margin – – 27.8%
Operating cash flow margin – – 31.1%
Return on equity – 24.5% 81.7%
Return on assets – 13.0% 28.9%
Return on invested capital – – 43.4%
Return on capital employed – 10.3% 45.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.4x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue – – 2.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricASMLCAMTKLAC
Debt / assets 8.7% – 31.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x – 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.6x
Debt / FCF – – 1.4x
Liabilities / assets 61.2% 46.7% 64.6%
Equity / assets 38.8% 53.3% 35.4%
Interest coverage – – 22.0x
Current ratio 1.3x 5.9x 2.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x 3.3x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 2.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 5.62 11.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricASMLCAMTKLAC
Dividend yield 0.7% – 0.4%
Net buyback yield – – 1.5%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 0.0% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 21.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 27.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 15.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 15.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusASMLCAMTKLAC
Forward P/E 28.4xFY2026 26.6xFY2026 22.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $47.70FY2026 $3.46FY2026 $5.67FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +61.5%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026 +50.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +42.2% +53.5% +16.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $47.17BFY2026 $568.71MFY2026 $19.18BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +20.9%FY2026 +14.6%FY2026 +41.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +43.0% +42.8% +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersASMLCAMTKLAC
Held by institutions 19.8% 41.7% 91.0%
Institutions holding 2,493 235 2,483
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.0% -12.5% +4.2%
Institutions buying 1,359 126 1,287
Institutions selling 783 68 985
Buyers to sellers 1.74 1.85 1.31

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ASMLCAMTKLAC
ASML 1.00 0.72 0.82
CAMT 0.72 1.00 0.75
KLAC 0.82 0.75 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ASML, CAMT and KLAC?

Asml Holding (ASML) is the largest by market capitalisation: Asml Holding (ASML) $522.88B, Camtek (CAMT) $4.21B, Kla (KLAC) $169.12B.

Which stock is cheaper, ASML, CAMT and KLAC?

Camtek (CAMT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Asml Holding (ASML) 48.2x, Camtek (CAMT) 31.4x, Kla (KLAC) 32.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Kla (KLAC) is cheapest (Asml Holding (ASML) 28.4x, Camtek (CAMT) 26.6x, Kla (KLAC) 22.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Asml Holding (ASML) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Asml Holding (ASML) +22.9%, Camtek (CAMT) +12.2%, Kla (KLAC) +15.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kla (KLAC) has the highest net margin (Asml Holding (ASML) 29.1%, Camtek (CAMT) 24.6%, Kla (KLAC) 36.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Asml Holding (ASML) returned the most: Asml Holding (ASML) +30.0%, Camtek (CAMT) -25.7%, Kla (KLAC) +5.8%. Over five years, Kla (KLAC) compounded fastest (Asml Holding (ASML) +9.9%/yr, Camtek (CAMT) +16.5%/yr, Kla (KLAC) +25.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Asml Holding (ASML) has the highest dividend yield: Asml Holding (ASML) 0.68%, Camtek (CAMT) 0.00%, Kla (KLAC) 0.36%. Camtek (CAMT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Asml Holding (ASML) has been the steadiest (Asml Holding (ASML) 48.4%, Camtek (CAMT) 73.1%, Kla (KLAC) 63.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ASML, CAMT and KLAC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Asml Holding (ASML) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.