Fabless chipmaker that dominates baseboard management controller (BMC) chips, the always-on management chip in nearly every data-center server.
Fabless chipmaker that dominates baseboard management controller (BMC) chips, the always-on management chip in nearly every data-center server.
Sells a small, low-cost chip that sits on server motherboards and lets operators monitor and restart machines remotely, so revenue follows the number of servers shipped, especially to cloud and AI data centers. It designs the chips, pays outside foundries to make them, and supplies the firmware that customers have already validated.
In one line: A tiny, single-niche chip near-monopoly, in the spirit of Monolithic Power Systems for ser.
Moat: wide (installed base, switching costs, IP / patents). Holds a dominant share of the global server BMC chip market with deep firmware/qualification lock-in.
Headquarters: Hsinchu, Taiwan · Founded: 2004
Size ASPEED Technology (5274.TWO) is a Taiwan Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $14.3B, the 42nd largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$11,375 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 29.7%, against -15.1% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 40.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +34.4%); the operating margin is 52.5% (peer median 13.2%).
Valuation It trades at 41.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 23.2× (4th most expensive of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 41% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +24%, so the hurdle is +17 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.
Next results Next results expected around 8 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NT$11.8B | NT$9.08B | NT$6.46B | NT$3.13B | NT$5.21B |
| Revenue growth | — | +41% | +106% | -40% | — |
| Gross profit | NT$7.88B | NT$5.85B | NT$3.90B | NT$1.70B | NT$3.15B |
| EBITDA | NT$6.57B | NT$4.98B | NT$3.17B | NT$1.39B | NT$2.69B |
| Net income | NT$5.67B | NT$3.93B | NT$2.57B | NT$1.01B | NT$2.11B |
| Free cash flow | NT$5.36B | NT$4.38B | NT$3.19B | NT$518M | NT$2.22B |
| Capital expenditure | NT$433M | NT$342M | NT$220M | NT$152M | NT$161M |
| Total debt | NT$300M | NT$314M | NT$197M | NT$28.0M | NT$40.0M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPEED Technology 5274.TWO | $14.3B | -30% | +40% | 53% | 41.1× | 41.3% |
| Nuvoton Technology 4919.TW | $1.22B | -46% | 0% | -5% | n/a | n/a |
| Renesas Electronics 6723.T | $27.9B | -23% | +26% | 24% | 9.9× | 12.2% |
| Microchip Technology MCHP | $31.7B | -41% | +21% | 16% | 14.5× | 34.2% |
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.
| Measure | 5274.TWO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -41.7% | -16.1% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -29.7% | -15.1% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -47.8% | -48.2% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +40.3% | +34.4% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 52.5% | 13.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 41.1× | 23.2× | 4th most expensive of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 41.3% | 37.9% | 3rd most demanding of 9 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +24.3% | +11.2% | 2nd highest of 9 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +17.0 pp | +21.1 pp | 4th least demanding of 9 |
| EV / EBITDA | 70.5× | 32.9× | 2nd most expensive of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.4× | -1.0× | 4th least indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPEED Technology 5274.TWO | Taiwan | $14.3B | -30% | +40% | 53% | 41.1× | 41.3% | +24.3% |
| LONGi Green Energy Technology 601012.SS | China | $14.1B | -25% | -16% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JCET 600584.SS | China | $14.1B | +15% | +4% | 6% | 40.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Technoprobe TPRO.MI | Italy | $14.9B | +5% | +22% | 30% | 38.4× | 36.4% | +14.6% |
| Lattice Semiconductor LSCC | United States | $14.9B | -17% | +63% | 13% | 26.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Rockchip Electronics 603893.SS | China | $13.4B | +16% | +39% | 27% | 49.1× | 39.3% | +18.7% |
| Hwatsing Technology 688120.SS | China | $15.4B | +42% | +36% | 18% | 63.8× | 41.8% | +64.4% |
| Tower Semiconductor TSEM | United States | $15.6B | -35% | +22% | 19% | 21.6× | 25.9% | +4.4% |
| Omnivision Integrated Circuits 0501.HK | Hong Kong | $15.7B | -16% | +7% | 13% | 23.2× | n/a | n/a |
| MACOM Technology Solutions MTSI | United States | $16.1B | -41% | +28% | 18% | 23.2× | 49.4% | +12.8% |
| SiTime SITM | United States | $12.5B | -30% | +83% | 0% | 23.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Winbond Electronic 2344.TW | Taiwan | $16.4B | +22% | +154% | 43% | 2.8× | 0.6% | +8.1% |
| Shenzhen Longsys Electronics 301308.SZ | China | $12.3B | -46% | +114% | 40% | 5.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Cansemi Technology 301660.SZ | China | $11.8B | n/a | +54% | -99% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fabrinet FN | United States | $11.7B | -47% | +43% | 10% | 15.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology 688498.SS | China | $11.2B | -45% | +300% | 64% | 60.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Realtek Semiconductor 2379.TW | Taiwan | $11.0B | +33% | +12% | 11% | 19.9× | 8.4% | +9.6% |
| DapuStor 301666.SZ | China | $18.8B | +20% | +611% | 23% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Skyworks Solutions SWKS | United States | $19.3B | +24% | -3% | 9% | 14.3× | 39.4% | -5.0% |
| TongFu Microelectronics 002156.SZ | China | $10.5B | -15% | +21% | 7% | 28.7× | n/a | n/a |
| National Silicon Industry 688126.SS | China | $10.2B | 0% | +33% | -41% | n/a | n/a | n/a |