SiTime (SITM) Competitors

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, SITM or ASX?

SiTime has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASE Technology has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SITM or ASX?

SiTime presently has a consensus target price of $196.25, suggesting a potential downside of 9.42%. Given SiTime's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SiTime is more favorable than ASE Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ASE Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to SITM or ASX?

In the previous week, SiTime had 11 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for SiTime and 2 mentions for ASE Technology. ASE Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat SiTime's score of 0.81 indicating that ASE Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiTime	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASE Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SITM or ASX?

ASE Technology has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASE Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SiTime	$176.99M	28.60	-$80.54M	-$4.14	-52.33
ASE Technology	$593.73B	0.04	$1.16B	$0.45	22.22

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SITM or ASX?

84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of ASE Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SITM or ASX more profitable?

ASE Technology has a net margin of 5.47% compared to SiTime's net margin of -53.55%. ASE Technology's return on equity of 10.05% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-53.55%	-9.89%	-7.56%
ASE Technology	5.47%	10.05%	4.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SITM or ASX?

ASE Technology received 267 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.70% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote while only 64.27% of users gave ASE Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiTime	Outperform Votes 109 67.70%	Underperform Votes 52 32.30%
ASE Technology	Outperform Votes 376 64.27%	Underperform Votes 209 35.73%

Summary

ASE Technology beats SiTime on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.