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ASX vs. NXPI, LHX, NOK, ERIC, VRT, STM, HUBB, UI, GFS, and UMC

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), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Vertiv (VRT), STMicroelectronics (STM), Hubbell (HUBB), Ubiquiti (UI), GlobalFoundries (GFS), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

ASE Technology vs.

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NXP Semiconductors$12.61B3.73$2.51B$9.7319.07
ASE Technology$595.41B0.03$1.01B$0.4718.65

NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ASE Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ASE Technology pays out 48.9% 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.

NXP Semiconductors presently has a consensus target price of $250.37, suggesting a potential upside of 34.94%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than ASE Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NXP Semiconductors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
ASE Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASE Technology has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.90% compared to ASE Technology's net margin of 5.44%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 31.45% beat ASE Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors19.90% 31.45% 12.56%
ASE Technology 5.44%9.86%4.59%

90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of ASE Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 52 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 9 mentions for ASE Technology. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat ASE Technology's score of 0.57 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NXP Semiconductors
22 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ASE Technology
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NXP Semiconductors received 749 more outperform votes than ASE Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 64.27% of users gave ASE Technology an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NXP SemiconductorsOutperform Votes
1125
73.53%
Underperform Votes
405
26.47%
ASE TechnologyOutperform Votes
376
64.27%
Underperform Votes
209
35.73%

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats ASE Technology on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ASX vs. The Competition

MetricASE TechnologySemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.35B$51.31B$23.52B$18.97B
Dividend Yield2.64%2.53%2.97%4.03%
P/E Ratio19.4838.1742.4932.91
Price / Sales0.0391.392,087.2227.66
Price / Cash8.4126.4934.7217.53
Price / Book1.806.146.194.48
Net Income$1.01B$760.21M$739.49M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.21%1.23%1.80%0.75%
1 Month Performance-2.45%-1.39%2.10%-2.61%
1 Year Performance-11.46%8.10%52,785.36%4.53%

ASE Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASX
ASE Technology
2.5818 of 5 stars
$8.77
+0.4%
N/A-13.1%$19.35B$595.41B19.4897,800Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9858 of 5 stars
$171.50
+0.4%
$261.50
+52.5%
-28.1%$43.50B$12.61B17.6334,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.6233 of 5 stars
$214.04
-1.9%
$256.35
+19.8%
+2.8%$40.18B$21.33B27.2046,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
NOK
Nokia Oyj
3.1711 of 5 stars
$5.08
-0.6%
$5.85
+15.2%
+36.4%$27.70B$19.22B20.3287,900Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ERIC
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
2.6597 of 5 stars
$8.15
-0.2%
$9.80
+20.2%
+64.1%$27.16B$249.58B-815,000.00105,500Positive News
VRT
Vertiv
4.5623 of 5 stars
$67.64
-7.6%
$121.94
+80.3%
-8.2%$25.76B$8.01B52.8427,000Analyst Revision
Gap Up
STM
STMicroelectronics
4.2903 of 5 stars
$20.00
-1.3%
$31.26
+56.3%
-42.5%$17.96B$13.27B12.0548,300Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
HUBB
Hubbell
3.8986 of 5 stars
$329.12
-2.9%
$449.38
+36.5%
-2.1%$17.66B$5.63B22.9216,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
UI
Ubiquiti
1.2199 of 5 stars
$287.06
-3.6%
$331.00
+15.3%
+203.4%$17.36B$2.15B39.001,380Analyst Revision
GFS
GlobalFoundries
4.1814 of 5 stars
$31.36
-1.1%
$48.85
+55.8%
-28.3%$17.34B$6.75B-65.3314,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
UMC
United Microelectronics
2.5251 of 5 stars
$6.73
-1.2%
$7.40
+10.0%
-8.3%$16.87B$232.30B11.6019,500Positive News
Gap Down

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