ASML reports net profit of $1.98 billion in Q4, sees 25% sales growth in 2023

FILE PHOTO: ASML Holding logo is seen at company's headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Januari 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo

VELDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - ASML Holding NV, an equipment supplier to computer chip makers, on Wednesday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and forecast sales growth of more than 25% in 2023.

The company had fourth-quarter net profit of 1.82 billion euros ($1.98 billion), up from net profit of 1.77 billion euros in the same period a year earlier, on record revenues of 6.43 billion euros.

Analysts had forecast net profit of 1.70 billion euros on sales of 6.38 billion euros according to Refinitiv data.

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(Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Tom Hogue)