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

Should you be buying ASE Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASE Technology include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Vertiv (VRT), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Ericsson (ERIC), Nokia (NOK), STMicroelectronics (STM), Ubiquiti (UI), ON Semiconductor (ON), Hubbell (HUBB), and GlobalFoundries (GFS). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus price target of $251.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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 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$12.61B4.58$2.51B$9.1824.94
ASE Technology$18.54B1.24$987.46M$0.4722.13

NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 19.16% compared to ASE Technology's net margin of 5.62%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 29.62% beat ASE Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NXP Semiconductors19.16% 29.62% 11.55%
ASE Technology 5.62%10.35%4.74%

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 23 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 7 mentions for ASE Technology. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ASE Technology's score of 0.98 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
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ASE Technology
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 2.5%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 44.2% 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.

NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASE Technology has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NXP Semiconductors beats ASE Technology on 15 of the 19 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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ASX vs. The Competition

MetricASE TechnologyELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.98B$38.41B$27.63B$20.62B
Dividend Yield2.53%2.16%3.12%3.72%
P/E Ratio22.1347.1936.9327.81
Price / Sales1.24301.411,876.6340.78
Price / Cash8.1094.0137.5522.32
Price / Book2.205.347.284.57
Net Income$987.46M$528.96M$767.99M$989.30M
7 Day Performance0.29%2.91%-0.26%0.20%
1 Month Performance3.43%14.34%6.06%5.53%
1 Year Performance-12.61%28.12%52,479.79%10.30%

ASE Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASX
ASE Technology
3.4907 of 5 stars
$10.40
+0.4%
N/A-12.6%$22.98B$18.54B22.1397,079News Coverage
Positive News
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.7936 of 5 stars
$218.49
+0.7%
$244.78
+12.0%
-18.3%$55.20B$12.61B23.8034,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VRT
Vertiv
4.023 of 5 stars
$128.48
+1.0%
$126.69
-1.4%
+37.7%$48.97B$8.01B74.7027,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.1833 of 5 stars
$251.26
+1.7%
$258.75
+3.0%
+12.4%$46.97B$21.33B29.8146,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ERIC
Ericsson
2.3158 of 5 stars
$8.48
+0.5%
$9.80
+15.6%
+20.4%$28.39B$23.45B169.60105,500Upcoming Earnings
NOK
Nokia
2.6513 of 5 stars
$5.19
+0.4%
$5.85
+12.7%
+24.5%$28.30B$20.80B34.6087,900Trending News
STM
STMicroelectronics
2.3938 of 5 stars
$30.47
+1.2%
$29.67
-2.6%
-24.4%$27.37B$13.27B25.8248,300News Coverage
UI
Ubiquiti
1.5341 of 5 stars
$411.84
+2.3%
$343.50
-16.6%
+146.1%$24.91B$1.93B45.361,380News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ON
ON Semiconductor
3.8172 of 5 stars
$52.41
-1.0%
$56.08
+7.0%
-22.3%$21.90B$7.08B36.4031,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HUBB
Hubbell
2.3713 of 5 stars
$409.09
+0.6%
$459.25
+12.3%
+10.2%$21.83B$5.59B27.6816,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GFS
GlobalFoundries
2.9102 of 5 stars
$38.20
-0.6%
$47.09
+23.3%
-24.3%$21.12B$6.75B-112.3514,600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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