ASX vs. VRT, NXPI, LHX, UI, ALAB, ERIC, CLS, COMS, NOK, and STM
Should you be buying ASE Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASE Technology include Vertiv (VRT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Ubiquiti (UI), Astera Labs (ALAB), Ericsson (ERIC), Celestica (CLS), COMSovereign (COMS), Nokia (NOK), and STMicroelectronics (STM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
ASE Technology vs. Its Competitors
ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) and Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
Vertiv has a consensus target price of $149.84, suggesting a potential downside of 11.38%. Given Vertiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vertiv is more favorable than ASE Technology.
6.8% of ASE Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vertiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ASE Technology has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertiv has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASE Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Vertiv. ASE Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vertiv had 53 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Vertiv and 6 mentions for ASE Technology. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat ASE Technology's score of 0.76 indicating that Vertiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ASE Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Vertiv pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ASE Technology pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vertiv pays out 7.2% 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. Vertiv has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Vertiv has a net margin of 8.93% compared to ASE Technology's net margin of 5.48%. Vertiv's return on equity of 51.64% beat ASE Technology's return on equity.
Summary
Vertiv beats ASE Technology on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:ASX) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
