ASX vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, ALAB, UI, CRDO, CLS, ERIC, NOK, and STM
Should you be buying ASE Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASE Technology include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Astera Labs (ALAB), Ubiquiti (UI), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Celestica (CLS), Ericsson (ERIC), Nokia (NOK), and STMicroelectronics (STM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
ASE Technology vs. Its Competitors
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus target price of $256.05, suggesting a potential upside of 14.28%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than ASE Technology.
NXP Semiconductors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASE Technology. ASE Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NXP Semiconductors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 18 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 5 mentions for ASE Technology. ASE Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 1.46 indicating that ASE Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 17.72% compared to ASE Technology's net margin of 5.48%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 27.99% beat ASE Technology's return on equity.
NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASE Technology has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of ASE Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ASE Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ASE Technology pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats ASE Technology on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASX) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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