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ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.

$ASX·$82B·Semiconductors·Technology
$36.95-2.2%YTD+132.2%1Y+259.4%
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ASASX
$ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.
$36.95-2.20%46 posts-2%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

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 numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-26

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

ASE Technology is up 275% t12m — TSMC CoWoS booked with spillover to Intel Malaysia; ASX supply chain covers only half of forecast demand.

ASE Technology Holding is the world's largest OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) company whose stock has surged 275% over 12 months on the AI-packaging boom. The tape is accelerating on genuine capacity constraints across the packaging supply chain.

  • The capacity-constraint thesis is real and specific: TSMC CoWoS packaging fully booked with spillover to Intel's Malaysia ops, and ASX's VP saying the supply chain can currently supply only about half of customer-forecast volume — that's a specific demand-strength read that supports pricing power for OSAT operators like ASE.
  • The fundamentals are inflecting: last two prints delivered EPS beats of 26% and 17%, revenue NT$175B with 19% gross margin (typical for OSAT) and 8.7% operating margin — a $82B OSAT giant at PE 53x trailing compresses on the AI-packaging revenue ramp; FY27 sell-side EPS supports meaningful re-rating.
  • The tape is fully extended and confirming: at 76% of the 52-week range, 5% below the 50-day but 36% above the 200-day on 0.55x normal volume with beta 1.46 — the recent pullback from all-time-highs near $45 is a normal consolidation within the trend; ATM insider trades (Chung Chih-Hsiao $30M at $41) are option exercises, not open-market sales.

The path if this works is the Oct 29 Q3 print delivering another clean beat plus concrete CoWoS-capacity commentary, taking the tape past $45. What breaks it is a soft AI-packaging capex read from a hyperscaler print or a Chinese-tech-sector shakeup — ASX is levered to both, and the two-trader short-setup framing captures the volatility risk.

What to watch: Oct 29 Q3 print (sell-side EPS $0.34) — a clean beat plus concrete CoWoS-capacity commentary extends the tape past $45; a soft AI-packaging capex read from a hyperscaler print or a Chinese-tech-sector shakeup breaks the accelerating tape back toward $28.

On the calendar: 2026-10-29 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Chatter is bullish, framing ASE Technology as the packaging and test winner riding NVDA's Spectrum-X photonics buildout — traders cite July revenue up 30.6% YoY on AI demand and a BofA target hike to $48. The FOPLP fan-out panel-level packaging presentation is being watched for cost-per-package benchmarks. A separate cluster of posts about an unrelated ASX Capital property token muddies the ticker feed but doesn't touch the equity thesis.

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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

Hyperscaler AI capex keeps Blackwell allocation tight and HBM3e pricing firm; NVDA's data-center backlog and AVGO's networking wins confirm the cycle is not peaking. LLM context-window expansion — the structural demand pull — extends through at least 2H26.

What this means for $ASX

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Established in 1984 and headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ASE Technology Holding Co.

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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
Q2 2026Jul 30, 2026$0.29$0.23+26.1%
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%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $0.34

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 9 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$811.4B$734.0B – $862.6B$34.91$33.04 – $36.786
FY27$997.9B$902.6B – $1.06T$52.52$50.58 – $54.199
FY28$1.20T$1.09T – $1.28T$71.78$62.87 – $77.673

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.1.0×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.78%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.-3.0%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.+37.2%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 today0.5% 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 22Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer3.0K sh$2.0MSellJul 15Du-tsuen UangChief Administration Officer3.0K sh$2.1MSellJul 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$3.0M
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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

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 103
AI summary

A new 10%+ beneficial owner filed a Form 3 initial statement of ownership for ASX (ASX) dated 2026-08-10. The filing reports initial beneficial ownership of shares, representing approximately a 10%+ stake of outstanding shares. Form 3 is required within 10 days of crossing the 10% ownership threshold and is an administrative disclosure. This indicates significant insider or institutional accumulation and may precede further Schedule 13D/G activity.

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.

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Recent news

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

Woodside Energy Half-Year Report for Period Ended 30 June 2026gurufocus.com·7d agoWill Strong ATM Momentum Continue to Fuel ASX's Margin Growth?zacks.com·8d agoASE Technology Surging As AI Demand Grows By LEAPs And Boundsseekingalpha.com·14d agoASE Technology Holding: Rising Earnings, Improving Margins, And Robust Demand Fuel Upsideseekingalpha.com·19d agoAre Computer and Technology Stocks Lagging ASE Technology (ASX) This Year?zacks.com·20d ago

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