ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX – Get Free Report) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares ASE Technology and Impinj”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ASE Technology | $20.73 billion | 3.76 | $1.28 billion | $0.68 | 51.53 |
| Impinj | $361.08 million | 10.55 | -$10.85 million | ($0.92) | -135.91 |
Risk & Volatility
ASE Technology has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for ASE Technology and Impinj, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ASE Technology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Impinj | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.44 |
Impinj has a consensus price target of $175.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.96%. Given Impinj’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Impinj is more favorable than ASE Technology.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
6.8% of ASE Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of ASE Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Impinj shares are held by 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.
Profitability
This table compares ASE Technology and Impinj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ASE Technology | 7.03% | 13.48% | 5.48% |
| Impinj | -7.66% | 5.67% | 2.18% |
Summary
ASE Technology beats Impinj on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ASE Technology
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides semiconductors packaging and testing, and electronic manufacturing services in the United States, Taiwan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. It develops, constructs, sells, leases, and manages real estate properties; produces substrates; offers information software, equipment leasing, investment advisory, and warehousing management services; commercial complex, after-sales, and support services; manages parking lot services; processes and sells computer and communication peripherals, electronic components, telecommunications equipment, and motherboards; and imports and exports goods and technology. ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
About Impinj
Impinj, Inc. operates a cloud connectivity platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its platform wirelessly connects items and delivers data about the connected items to business and consumer applications. The company’s platform comprises endpoint ICs, a miniature radios-on-a-chip that attaches to a host item and includes a number to identify the item. Its platform also consists of systems products that consists of reader ICs, readers, and gateways to wirelessly provide power to and communicate bidirectionally with endpoint ICs on host items, as well as to read, write, authenticate, and engage the endpoint ICs on those items; and software and algorithms that enable its partners to solve enterprise business problems, such as retail self-checkout and loss prevention. The company primarily serves retail, supply chain and logistics, automotive, aviation, banking, datacenters, food, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, linen and uniform tracking, sports, and travel industries through original equipment and device manufacturers, tag service bureaus, systems integrators, value-added resellers, independent software vendors, and other solution partners. Impinj, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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