ASML reports third-quarter net profit of $2 billion, sees 2024 sales flat

FILE PHOTO: ASML headquarters is seen in Veldhoven, Netherlands August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Semiconductor equipment maker ASML Holding NV reported on Wednesday third-quarter earnings of 1.9 billion euros ($2.01 billion), in line with analyst expectations, and said it expected 2024 sales to be about flat.

Analysts had forecast net profit for Europe's largest technology firm at 1.81 billion euros for the three months ended Sept 30, according to LSEG data. The earnings figure for the year earlier period had been 1.7 billion euros.