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ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.

$ASX·$94B·Semiconductors·Technology
$39.51-3.0%YTD+137.0%1Y+279.2%
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ASASX
$ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.
$39.51-2.97%776 posts+10%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ASX, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

The unheralded AI-packaging chokepoint — every advanced-node chip flows through ASE's lines.

ASE Technology is the world's largest semiconductor advanced-packaging and testing house — the specific vendor Nvidia, Broadcom and AMD depend on to package their leading-edge chips before delivery. The stock is at 83% of its 52-week range after a 279% twelve-month run.

Why the setup is aligned:

  • The AI-supply-chain positioning is unique: LEAP revenue jumped 118%, co-packaged optics moving toward mass production, and reports indicate advanced-packaging quotes were raised more than 20% in the latest AI-driven price hike — meaning ASE is capturing pricing power specifically because the packaging step is the industry chokepoint.
  • Fundamentals justify the re-rate: 8.7% operating margin at 3.8x TTM sales — that's meaningful operating leverage on a scaled foundry-adjacent business, and the guide has been hiked past $3.5B.
  • The capex commitment shows demand exceeding supply: capex cranked to $8.5B to chase demand ASE cannot fill — meaning the equity is priced on the specific competitive moat of packaging capacity, not just cyclical spot pricing.
  • The tape is confirmed but with a specific insider tell: sitting 4% above the 50-day and 66% above the 200-day at 83% of the 52-week range, but director Chang Hung Pen has a very large M-Exempt event that suggests upcoming distribution risk if converted to sales.

July 30 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming advanced-packaging price pass-through plus continued LEAP growth extends the leg materially; a soft packaging-quote print or a capex surprise is the specific setup for a deeper consolidation.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the packaging-chokepoint framing, the 118% LEAP revenue growth, and the 20% advanced-packaging price hike, and the fundamentals genuinely support it — those are the numbers behind the 'most important AI stock most investors haven't looked at' framing. The check the corpus isn't sizing is the director M-Exempt event that could produce meaningful selling pressure.

What to watch: The July 30 print — advanced-packaging pricing pass-through, LEAP segment growth, capex commentary, and any follow-through selling from the director M-Exempt. Above-guide pricing extends the leg; a soft packaging print or capex surprise compresses the multiple.

On the calendar: 2026-07-30 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-08

ASE Technology is celebrated as the packaging chokepoint of the AI buildout, up about 263% year-to-date to fresh highs, with guidance hiked past $3.5B and capex cranked to $8.5B to chase demand it cannot fill. LEAP revenue jumped 118%, co-packaged optics moved toward mass production, and reports indicate advanced-packaging quotes were raised by more than 20% in the latest AI-driven price hike. Bulls call ASX the most important AI stock most investors have not looked at, with all the flow into upstream fabless names ultimately routing through its lines.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

World's largest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test company, offering advanced flip-chip and 3D packaging.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ASX.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $ASX

Partial — World's largest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test company, offering advanced flip-chip and 3D packaging; this segment overlaps with the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle but is not the dominant revenue driver.

Top industry ETF

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+96.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
53.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
8.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-0.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
14.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
18.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 29, 2026$0.20$0.17+17.4%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$0.21$0.20+5.0%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.16$0.14+16.3%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$0.11$0.14-23.2%
Next earningsThu, Jul 30·consensus EPS $0.17

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$175.5B+17.4%20.1%10.1%$6.40$-10.0B
Q4 FY25$179.6B+9.2%19.5%9.9%$6.74$6.8B
Q3 FY25$168.6B+7.8%17.1%7.8%$5.00$-205.3B
Q2 FY25$142.5B+1.1%16.1%6.9%$3.48$-6.0B

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 8 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$794.7B$738.3B – $853.4B$33.88$23.80 – $43.568
FY27$963.2B$894.8B – $1.03T$50.76$31.86 – $69.678
FY28$1.13T$1.05T – $1.21T$66.09$59.99 – $72.436

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.83%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+4.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+66.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 1.6B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.465-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 6Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer2.0K sh$1.4MSellJul 1Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer3.0K sh$2.1MSellJun 30Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer5.0K sh$3.4MSellJun 23Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer3.0K sh$2.1MSellJun 22Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer5.0K sh$3.3MSellJun 18Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer3.0K sh$1.8MSellJun 3Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer5.0K sh$3.1MSellJun 1Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer5.0K sh$3.0MSellMay 27Jeffrey ChenDirector2.0K sh$1.3MSellMay 26Jeffrey ChenDirector9.0K sh$5.7M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3/ANew insider — initial holdingsMay 273/A
AI summary

Chih-Hsiao Chung filed an amendment to his initial Form 3 (Form 3/A) for ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (ASX) with an event date of March 18, 2026, correcting or supplementing prior beneficial ownership disclosures for the semiconductor packaging and testing company. This is a routine administrative correction to an existing Section 16 filing for a Japan-based director.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentApr 15SC 13D/A
AI summary

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. filed an amended Schedule 13D on ASX disclosing beneficial ownership (667,085.00 shares) as of 2026-04-15. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ASX on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ASX on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ASX on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ASX on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ASX on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for ASX on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

+ 41 other (26 3s · 12 6-Ks · 1 SD · 1 6-K/A) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

ASE Technology Hldg (ASX) Is a Great Choice for 'Trend' Investors, Here's Whyzacks.com·4d agoASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. Announces Monthly Net Revenues*prnewswire.com·8d agoASE Technology Hldg (ASX) Upgraded to Strong Buy: Here's What You Should Knowzacks.com·15d agoHere's Why Momentum in ASE Technology Hldg (ASX) Should Keep goingzacks.com·21d agoIs ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd (ASX) Overvalued After 7.5% Rally? GF Value Says Overvaluedgurufocus.com·25d ago

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