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ASX vs. NXPI, LHX, NOK, VRT, ERIC, GFS, HUBB, STM, UI, 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), Vertiv (VRT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), GlobalFoundries (GFS), Hubbell (HUBB), STMicroelectronics (STM), Ubiquiti (UI), 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

NXP Semiconductors has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NXP Semiconductors$12.61B3.45$2.51B$9.7317.64
ASE Technology$595.41B0.03$1.01B$0.4518.72

In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 10 more articles in the media than ASE Technology. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 15 mentions for ASE Technology. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat ASE Technology's score of 0.76 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
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ASE Technology
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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%

NXP Semiconductors received 745 more outperform votes than ASE Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.56% of users gave NXP Semiconductors an outperform vote while only 64.27% of users gave ASE Technology an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NXP SemiconductorsOutperform Votes
1121
73.56%
Underperform Votes
403
26.44%
ASE TechnologyOutperform Votes
376
64.27%
Underperform Votes
209
35.73%

NXP Semiconductors currently has a consensus target price of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.53%. Given NXP Semiconductors' higher probable upside, 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)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
ASE Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. ASE Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. NXP Semiconductors pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ASE Technology pays out 51.1% 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, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASE Technology has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASX vs. The Competition

MetricASE TechnologySemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.60B$48.58B$22.16B$18.51B
Dividend Yield3.10%2.86%3.00%4.24%
P/E Ratio18.7234.7439.4931.15
Price / Sales0.0383.861,985.9625.69
Price / Cash8.4126.4934.6317.53
Price / Book1.735.795.774.29
Net Income$1.01B$751.41M$736.02M$1.02B
7 Day Performance13.93%10.07%5.90%6.59%
1 Month Performance-12.65%-15.02%-5.37%-6.88%
1 Year Performance-22.13%-1.35%52,661.37%1.23%

ASE Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASX
ASE Technology
3.3966 of 5 stars
$8.43
+2.5%
N/A-22.1%$18.15B$595.41B18.7297,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9722 of 5 stars
$163.29
+1.5%
$267.00
+63.5%
-25.4%$41.41B$12.61B16.7834,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.5374 of 5 stars
$200.25
-0.9%
$260.69
+30.2%
+8.7%$37.59B$21.33B25.4446,000Positive News
NOK
Nokia Oyj
3.2566 of 5 stars
$4.69
-2.0%
$5.85
+24.9%
+56.1%$25.55B$19.22B18.7486,689Analyst Upgrade
VRT
Vertiv
4.1638 of 5 stars
$63.68
+7.2%
$134.67
+111.5%
-10.1%$24.25B$8.01B49.7527,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ERIC
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
2.1816 of 5 stars
$6.90
-1.0%
$6.70
-2.9%
+68.5%$23.00B$247.88B-690,000.00105,500Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GFS
GlobalFoundries
3.9377 of 5 stars
$32.21
+2.1%
$49.64
+54.1%
-29.4%$17.81B$6.75B-67.1014,600Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HUBB
Hubbell
4.222 of 5 stars
$315.93
0.0%
$462.13
+46.3%
-13.9%$16.96B$5.63B22.0016,300High Trading Volume
STM
STMicroelectronics
4.165 of 5 stars
$18.86
+2.0%
$31.26
+65.7%
-49.5%$16.94B$13.27B11.3648,300High Trading Volume
UI
Ubiquiti
1.7784 of 5 stars
$279.43
+2.2%
$331.00
+18.5%
+197.0%$16.90B$2.15B37.971,515Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
UMC
United Microelectronics
3.068 of 5 stars
$6.12
-1.8%
$7.40
+21.0%
-11.3%$15.32B$232.30B10.5419,500High Trading Volume
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