Europe is a notable market within the global semiconductor industry, leading in research and development, advanced materials, and manufacturing equipment with a current global market share of 10% which it expects to double by 2030. Below are the 6 largest semiconductor companies headquartered in Europe that trade on a North American stock exchange, listed in descending order as to their market capitalizations, along with their company descriptions, countries where domiciled and their stock performances YTD.
- Company Description: develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems for chipmakers.
- Country: Netherlands
- Market Capitalization: $409.5B
- Company Description: develops, and licenses central processing unit products and related technologies that semiconductor companies and original equipment manufacturers rely on to develop products.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Market Capitalization: $145.5B
- Company Description: offers a portfolio of semiconductor products that includes microcontrollers, application processors, and wireless connectivity solutions.
- Country: Netherlands
- Market Capitalization: $70.8B
- Company Description: designs, develops, manufactures, and markets semiconductors and semiconductor-based solutions.
- Country: Germany
- Market Capitalization: $52.7B
- Company Description: develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products.
- Country: Switzerland
- Market Capitalization: $39.9B
- Company Description: develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and services semiconductor assembly equipment.
- Country: Netherlands
- Market Capitalization: $12.4B
ASM International is another large semiconductor company but it only trades on the Amsterdam, Netherlands stock exchange where it is headquartered. It engages in the research, development, manufacture, marketing, and servicing of equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices and has with a market capitalization of $36.6B.More By This Author:Apple Jumps Peers With Upgrades To Its AI-Capable PC Offerings
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