ASX vs. NXPI, VRT, LHX, NOK, GFS, HUBB, STM, UI, ALAB, and UMC
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), Nokia Oyj (NOK), GlobalFoundries (GFS), Hubbell (HUBB), STMicroelectronics (STM), Ubiquiti (UI), Astera Labs (ALAB), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
ASE Technology vs.
ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
ASE Technology has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.8% of ASE Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NXP Semiconductors received 732 more outperform votes than ASE Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 64.27% of users gave ASE Technology an outperform vote.
NXP Semiconductors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ASE Technology. NXP Semiconductors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASE Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 12 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 2 mentions for ASE Technology. ASE Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat NXP Semiconductors' score of 0.41 indicating that ASE Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ASE Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ASE Technology pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NXP Semiconductors pays out 38.6% 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 consensus target price of $274.14, indicating a potential upside of 30.40%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than ASE Technology.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 20.98% compared to ASE Technology's net margin of 5.47%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 33.57% beat ASE Technology's return on equity.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats ASE Technology on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff