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Asmpt0522.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Information Technology›Electronic Production Equipment

Maker of semiconductor assembly/packaging equipment (wire bonders, die attach) and surface-mount (SMT) equipment for electronics factories.

≈ A smaller Applied Materials/Kulicke & Soffa, focused on back-end packagingMomentum laggard 5
Mkt cap
$5.02B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
75%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$59.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
20.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.1 pp
WACC 6.9%
Hurdle
+13 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · HKDHK$93.90
1D-7.0%
1W-10.6%
1M-46.2%
3M-41.9%
6M-46.7%
YTD+21.6%
1Y+8.3%
ATR %10.2%
52w lowhigh61.6% off high

What Asmpt does

Maker of semiconductor assembly/packaging equipment (wire bonders, die attach) and surface-mount (SMT) equipment for electronics factories.

Sells machines to chip-packaging houses and electronics makers in lumpy orders tied to their capacity plans, then earns recurring revenue from spare parts, upgrades and service. Its newest tools for stacking chips together for AI are the growth line, while the older wire-bonding business tracks the general chip cycle.

In one line: A smaller Applied Materials/Kulicke & Soffa, focused on back-end packaging.

Products and services

  • Semiconductor assembly equipment (wire/die bonders)
  • Advanced packaging (TCB, hybrid bonding) tools
  • SMT placement equipment

Customers

  • Semiconductor OEMs/OSATs
  • Electronics manufacturers (SMT customers)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Semiconductor & electronics equipment
  • Back-end assembly & SMT equipment
  • Wire bonders, die/flip-chip bonders…

What could go right

  • AI chip advanced-packaging capex
  • SMT automation demand

What could go wrong

  • Semiconductor equipment capex cyclicality
  • Competition in commoditized SMT segment

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, customer qualification, installed base). Long-standing back-end equipment incumbent with deep tool-of-record positions at major OSATs.

Headquarters: Singapore · Founded: 1975 · Employees: 9,000

Named competitors

Asmpt at a glance

Size Asmpt (0522.HK) is a Hong Kong Information Technology company (Electronic Production Equipment) with a market value of $5.02B, the 253rd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$93.90 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 46.7%, against -19.7% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 21.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +20.3%); the operating margin is 9.2% (peer median 6.0%).

Valuation It trades at 20.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.6× (10th cheapest of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +13 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.1 points above its cost of capital (6.9% WACC).

Relative performance

5010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 800522.HK 56
Six months, rebased to 100: Asmpt against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Asmpt financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$16.1BHK$13.7BHK$12.5BHK$14.7BHK$19.4B
Revenue growth—+10%-15%-24%—
Gross profitHK$6.22BHK$5.08BHK$4.90BHK$5.66BHK$7.91B
EBITDAHK$2.16BHK$1.32BHK$1.28BHK$1.82BHK$3.97B
Net incomeHK$1.26BHK$902MHK$345MHK$715MHK$2.62B
Free cash flowHK$623M-HK$227MHK$639MHK$1.92BHK$2.40B
Capital expenditureHK$503MHK$494MHK$454MHK$455MHK$495M
Total debtn/aHK$4.23BHK$4.56BHK$4.03BHK$3.76B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Asmpt competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-40%-20%0%PLXS688536LAGR-B603236000636MDA01107000213820186883756881410285OLED601231300684300474VSH6805SANM6039200522.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Asmpt is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%+80%25×50×75×PLXS688536LAGR-B603236000636MDA01107000213820186883750285OLED3006846805SANM0522.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Asmpt is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%688536LAGR-B00063601107000213820186883750285OLED300684VSH6805SANM0522.HKGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Asmpt is the large dot.

Asmpt competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (0522.HK vs KLIC vs AMAT vs 042700.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Asmpt 0522.HK$5.02B-47%+21%9%20.4×12.1%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I KLIC$3.35B-38%+44%13%10.9×24.4%
Applied Materials AMAT$264B-24%+8%31%18.8×25.5%
HANMISemi 042700.KS$11.3B-56%-20%42%54.4×41.7%
Fuji 6134.T$2.85B-23%+45%20%9.9×n/a
Shibaura Mechatronics 6590.T$1.03B-51%+1%16%10.3×n/a

How Asmpt compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Asmpt against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure0522.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-46.2%-21.4%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-46.7%-19.7%4th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-61.6%-46.8%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+21.4%+20.3%10th highest of 21
Operating margin9.2%6.0%8th highest of 21
Forward P/E20.4×20.6×10th cheapest of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)12.1%14.7%5th least demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)-1.3%+12.4%lowest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+13.4 pp+3.6 pp6th most demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.1 pp+0.9 pp11th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA17.3×11.2×3rd most expensive of 9
Net debt / EBITDA-0.9×-0.0×2nd least indebted of 9

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Asmpt 0522.HKHong Kong$5.02B-47%+21%9%20.4×12.1%-1.3%
Plexus PLXSUnited States$5.12B-28%+23%5%17.9×n/an/a
3Peak 688536.SSChina$5.26B-5%+74%16%50.7×46.0%+30.6%
Lagercrantz LAGR-B.STSweden$4.72B-6%+17%15%30.8×20.6%+21.0%
Quectel Wireless Solutions 603236.SSChina$4.71B+50%+30%5%21.1×n/an/a
Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Holding) 000636.SZChina$5.42B+26%+36%8%45.0×28.6%+5.9%
MDA Space MDA.TOCanada$4.65B-14%+38%5%28.1×n/an/a
LG Innotek 011070.KSSouth Korea$4.62B-54%+20%4%9.6×-0.3%+18.1%
Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics 002138.SZChina$4.55B+11%+20%16%24.4×14.5%+14.2%
AAC Technologies 2018.HKHong Kong$5.60B-4%+16%8%13.8×1.2%+12.4%
Guobo Electronics 688375.SSChina$5.61B-49%-12%13%83.0×39.7%+1.4%
JoulWatt Technology 688141.SSChina$4.44B-30%+50%-28%n/an/an/a
BYD Electronic 0285.HKHong Kong$6.15B-24%+4%1%19.5×-0.8%+18.8%
Universal Display OLEDUnited States$3.98B-4%-2%35%19.6×14.3%+8.7%
Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) 601231.SSChina$6.50B-52%+4%3%19.6×n/an/a
Jones Tech 300684.SZChina$3.83B+20%+15%20%45.3×42.9%+9.8%
Changsha Jingjia Microelectronics 300474.SZChina$3.59B-30%+50%-77%n/an/an/a
Vishay Intertechnology VSHUnited States$3.57B-32%+18%5%13.2×18.8%+4.2%
Fositek 6805.TWTaiwan$3.50B-15%+46%27%20.0×14.7%+41.1%
Sanmina SANMUnited States$7.22B-46%+59%5%10.7×6.8%+3.2%
Olympic Circuit Technology 603920.SSChina$3.29B-42%+21%6%30.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Asmpt's main competitors?
Named competitors: Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC), BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) (private or unlisted), Applied Materials (AMAT), Shinkawa (private or unlisted), Hanmi Semiconductor (042700.KS), Fuji Corporation (6134.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Plexus (PLXS), 3Peak (688536.SS), Lagercrantz (LAGR-B.ST), Quectel Wireless Solutions (603236.SS), Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Holding) (000636.SZ), MDA Space (MDA.TO).
Is Asmpt expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 20.4× against a peer median of 20.6×, 10th cheapest of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +13 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Asmpt stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -46.7% against -19.7% for the median peer; over one year +8.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.