ASX vs. GFS, UMC, ON, SWKS, MPWR, ALAB, QRVO, LSCC, STM, and AMKR
Should you be buying ASE Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASE Technology include GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), United Microelectronics (UMC), Onsemi (ON), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Astera Labs (ALAB), Qorvo (QRVO), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), STMicroelectronics (STM), and Amkor Technology (AMKR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (NASDAQ:GFS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
6.8% of ASE Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ASE Technology presently has a consensus price target of $7.84, indicating a potential downside of 22.43%. GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a consensus price target of $63.08, indicating a potential upside of 30.35%. Given GLOBALFOUNDRIES's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GLOBALFOUNDRIES is more favorable than ASE Technology.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a net margin of 13.80% compared to ASE Technology's net margin of 5.41%. GLOBALFOUNDRIES's return on equity of 10.16% beat ASE Technology's return on equity.
ASE Technology has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASE Technology received 325 more outperform votes than GLOBALFOUNDRIES when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.35% of users gave ASE Technology an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave GLOBALFOUNDRIES an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ASE Technology had 3 more articles in the media than GLOBALFOUNDRIES. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ASE Technology and 5 mentions for GLOBALFOUNDRIES. GLOBALFOUNDRIES's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat ASE Technology's score of 0.21 indicating that GLOBALFOUNDRIES is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ASE Technology has higher revenue and earnings than GLOBALFOUNDRIES. ASE Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GLOBALFOUNDRIES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
GLOBALFOUNDRIES beats ASE Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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