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Asmedia Technology Inc.5269.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Information Technology›Semiconductors

Taiwan fabless chipmaker making PC I/O controller chips — USB, PCIe and SATA host controllers — for motherboards and storage.

≈ A small PC I/O-chip company in the niche of Genesys Logic/ASMedia peersMomentum weak 37
Mkt cap
$2.60B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$27.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.4 pp
WACC 9.4%
Hurdle
-2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · TWDNT$1,160
1D-4.9%
1W-20.8%
1M-21.4%
3M-14.7%
6M-14.1%
YTD-4.1%
1Y-22.9%
ATR %5.6%
52w lowhigh30.1% off high

What Asmedia Technology does

Taiwan fabless chipmaker making PC I/O controller chips — USB, PCIe and SATA host controllers — for motherboards and storage.

Makes money from I/O controller chips sold to motherboard and device makers, and since AMD's recent PC chipsets are built on ASMedia designs, its volume follows AMD platform launches. Spun out of Asus, which remains its largest shareholder.

In one line: A small PC I/O-chip company in the niche of Genesys Logic/ASMedia peers.

Products and services

  • USB host/hub controllers
  • PCIe switch/bridge chips
  • SATA controllers
  • Networking (multi-gig Ethernet) controllers

Customers

  • Motherboard makers (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI)
  • Storage/SSD makers
  • PC OEMs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Semiconductors
  • Fabless design
  • PC I/O controller chips

What could go right

  • PC/motherboard refresh cycles
  • Higher-speed interface adoption (USB4, PCIe5)

What could go wrong

  • PC market cyclicality
  • Customer concentration among Taiwan motherboard makers

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, customer qualification). Long-standing design-in relationships with Taiwan motherboard makers for PC I/O chips.

Headquarters: Taipei, Taiwan · Founded: 2004 · Employees: 341

Named competitors

Asmedia Technology at a glance

Size Asmedia Technology (5269.TW) is a Taiwan Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $2.60B, the 139th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$1,160 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 14.1%, against -21.7% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 38.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +25.1%); the operating margin is 24.9% (peer median 7.0%).

Valuation It trades at 12.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 28.0× (4th cheapest of 20).

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 +14%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.4 points above its cost of capital (9.4% WACC).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20265269.TW 87Peer median 74
Six months, rebased to 100: Asmedia Technology against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Asmedia Technology financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$13.7BNT$13.4BNT$8.08BNT$6.41BNT$5.25B
Revenue growth—+66%+26%+22%—
Gross profitNT$6.36BNT$6.52BNT$3.98BNT$3.18BNT$2.43B
EBITDANT$4.08BNT$4.47BNT$2.76BNT$2.20BNT$1.62B
Net incomeNT$6.95BNT$5.43BNT$3.73BNT$2.23BNT$2.62B
Free cash flowNT$6.65BNT$4.69BNT$3.72BNT$3.84BNT$1.58B
Capital expenditureNT$524MNT$665MNT$310MNT$2.12BNT$487M
Total debtNT$98.9MNT$68.2MNT$27.0MNT$345MNT$1.16B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Asmedia Technology competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-40%-20%0%058470AMBAOUST5434PENG2228006032906884496883686882703277605111688352IPGP5483000990RUN553630260027455269.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Asmedia Technology is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%25×50×75×058470AMBA5434PENG2228006032906884496883686882703277605111688352IPGP5483000990RUN5269.TWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Asmedia Technology is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%0584705434603290688368688270605111IPGP00099055360027455269.TWGrowth 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. Asmedia Technology is the large dot.

Asmedia Technology competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (5269.TW vs 2379.TW vs TXN vs 5351.TWO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Asmedia Technology 5269.TW$2.60B-14%+38%25%12.5×12.3%
Realtek Semiconductor 2379.TW$11.0B+33%+12%11%19.9×8.4%
Texas Instruments TXN$253B-4%+20%41%24.6×23.3%
Etron Technology 5351.TWO$835M+13%+246%21%n/a3.3%
Microchip Technology MCHP$31.7B-41%+21%16%14.5×34.2%
Broadcom AVGO$1.40T-32%+49%49%16.9×26.6%
Parade Technologies 4966.TWO$915M-31%-3%14%13.2×3.8%

How Asmedia Technology 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.

Asmedia Technology against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure5269.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-21.4%-23.5%9th highest of 21
6-month return-14.1%-21.7%10th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-30.1%-55.4%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+38.4%+25.1%6th highest of 21
Operating margin24.9%7.0%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E12.5×28.0×4th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)12.3%6.9%6th most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+14.0%+13.1%5th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-1.7 pp-2.8 pp6th most demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.4 pp-3.5 pp8th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA19.1×13.8×3rd most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-1.9×-1.8×4th least indebted of 10

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
Asmedia Technology 5269.TWTaiwan$2.60B-14%+38%25%12.5×12.3%+14.0%
Leeno Industrial 058470.KSSouth Korea$2.60B-61%+24%49%19.4×6.3%+13.1%
Ambarella AMBAUnited States$2.58B-23%+20%-15%66.0×n/an/a
OUST OUSTUnited States$2.54B+38%+64%-29%n/an/an/a
Topco Scientific 5434.TWTaiwan$2.68B+11%+21%7%14.3×3.8%+13.3%
PENG PENGUnited States$2.52B-5%+26%10%9.2×n/an/a
Simmtech 222800.KSSouth Korea$2.69B+7%+42%9%18.7×n/an/a
StarPower Semiconductor 603290.SSChina$2.50B-33%+4%1%76.8×26.3%+33.0%
Maxio Technology (Hangzhou) 688449.SSChina$2.71B-29%+40%5%37.7×n/an/a
Shanghai Bright Power Semiconductor 688368.SSChina$2.72B-20%+90%6%85.4×54.1%+7.3%
Great Microwave Technology 688270.SSChina$2.46B-41%+8%32%69.6×48.7%+23.2%
Gpixel Changchun Microelectronics 3277.HKHong Kong$2.45B-48%+27%33%28.0×6.9%+9.7%
Wuxi NCE Power 605111.SSChina$2.45B-3%+28%19%30.4×27.2%+14.5%
Hefei Chipmore Technology 688352.SSChina$2.45B+7%-1%7%53.1×n/an/a
IPG Photonics IPGPUnited States$2.78B-38%+15%5%32.8×24.8%-3.5%
Sino-American Silicon Products 5483.TWOTaiwan$2.80B0%-1%12%15.8×n/an/a
DB HiTek 000990.KSSouth Korea$2.41B-48%+29%21%8.9×2.3%+8.3%
Sunrun RUNUnited States$2.40B-32%+63%2%38.7×n/an/a
Acter 5536.TWOTaiwan$2.39B-26%+28%16%10.0×-6.0%+24.3%
Holy Stone Enterprise 3026.TWTaiwan$2.39B+91%+17%2%21.0×n/an/a
MLS 002745.SZChina$2.36B+11%+19%-4%24.0×2.4%+0.1%

Questions

Who are Asmedia Technology's main competitors?
Named competitors: Genesys Logic (private or unlisted), VIA Labs (private or unlisted), Realtek Semiconductor (2379.TW), Texas Instruments (TXN), Etron Technology (5351.TWO), Microchip Technology (MCHP). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Leeno Industrial (058470.KS), Ambarella (AMBA), OUST (OUST), Topco Scientific (5434.TW), PENG (PENG), Simmtech (222800.KS).
Is Asmedia Technology expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.5× against a peer median of 28.0×, 4th cheapest of 20 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 +14%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Asmedia Technology stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -14.1% against -21.7% for the median peer; over one year -22.9%.

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.