ASML vs. TSMC: What's the Better AI Buy in 2025?

The run-up in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks has attracted numerous investors into the sector. Given the anticipated potential for returns and the recent run-up in some AI-related names, determining return potential can become challenging.Amid that focus, investors may often forget the two stocks most responsible for manufacturing the hardware that makes AI possible: ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (NYSE: TSM). Both play different but essential roles in the manufacturing process, and while one could not exist without the other in their current forms, only one is more likely to deliver higher returns.Of the two companies, ASML appears to have the edge on which is the more foundational technology. ASML has had (at least until recently) a monopoly on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. This technology makes it possible to manufacture the world's most advanced chips.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool