Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 5 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?

Stock evaluation requires access to huge amounts of data as well as the knowledge and time to sift through it all, make sense of financial ratios, read income statements and analyze recent stock movement. AAII created A+ Investor, a robust data suite that condenses data research in an actionable and customizable way suitable for investors of all knowledge levels, to help investors with that task.

AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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5 Undervalued Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 5 undervalued stocks in the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry for Friday, October 04, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry median.

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

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.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. has a Value Score of 92, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s price-to-sales ratio at 0.07 compared to the industry median at 3.30, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s stock more attractive for value investors.

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s price-earnings ratio is 44.30 compared to the industry median at 30.45. This means it has a higher share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. less attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 7.3, when compared to the industry median of 19.3, the company may be considered undervalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of (0.65%). Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

As one of the most common value metrics, the price-to-book ratio evaluates a company’s current market price relative to its book value. ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 2.72. This could make ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. more attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Lastly, let’s take a look at ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (P/FCF), which can indicate a company’s market value relative to its operating cash flow. ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 38.25. This could make ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. more attractive because the lower P/FCF ratio indicates that ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. is undervalued. The P/FCF ratio metric can also be viewed over a long-term time frame to see if the company's cash flow to share price value is generally improving or worsening.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of high-integration and high-precision integrated circuits, and related assembly and testing services in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and internationally. It operates through Testing; Assembly; Testing and Assembly for LCD, OLED and Other Display Panel Driver Semiconductors; Bumping; and Others segments. The company provides a range of back-end assembly and testing services, including engineering test, wafer probing, and final test of memory and logic/mixed-signal semiconductors, as well as leadframe-based and organic substrate-based package assembly services for memory and logic/mixed-signal semiconductors; and gold bumping, and testing and assembly services for LCD, OLED, and other panel display driver semiconductors. Its semiconductors are used in personal computers; office automation and consumer electronics; and communications equipment applications. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. has a Value Score of 63, which is considered to be undervalued.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s price-earnings ratio is 283.5 compared to the industry median at 30.5. This means that it has a higher price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. less attractive for value investors.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.72.

You can read more about ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Photronics, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Photronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea, Europe, and internationally. It offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, and FDP substrates. The company offers electrical and optical components. It sells its products to semiconductor and FPD manufacturers, designers, and foundries, as well as to other high-performance electronics manufacturers through its sales personnel and customer service representatives. The company was formerly known as Photronic Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Photronics, Inc. in 1990. Photronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Brookfield, Connecticut.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Photronics, Inc. has a Value Score of 78, which is considered to be undervalued.

Photronics, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 10.7 compared to the industry median at 30.5. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Photronics, Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Photronics, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Photronics, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.72.

You can read more about Photronics, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

SmartKem, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

SmartKem, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops materials and processes used to make organic thin-film (OTFT) transistors for the manufacture of flexible electronics. The company offers TRUFLEX semiconductor and dielectric inks, which uses low temperature printing processes to make transistors for the display industry. Its electronic polymer platform is used in display technologies, such as miniLED, microLED, and AMOLED displays that can drive televisions, laptops, augmented and virtual reality headsets, smartwatches, and smartphones. It also provides prototypes for customers. SmartKem, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

SmartKem, Inc. has a Value Score of 63, which is considered to be undervalued.

SmartKem, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make SmartKem, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.72.

You can read more about SmartKem, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Sequans Communications S.A.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Sequans Communications S.A. engages in the fabless designing, developing, and supplying of cellular semiconductor solutions for massive and broadband internet of things markets in Taiwan, Korea, China, rest of Asia, Germany, the United States, and internationally. It offers baseband solutions for use in encoding and decoding data based on 4G and 5G protocols for wireless processing platform for a cellular device; RF transceivers used to transmit and receive wireless transmissions; highly integrated system-on-chip solutions that combine various functions into a single die or package; and LTE modules. The company also provides software, including source code and tools to enable manufacturers to integrate solutions into their devices; and design support services. It serves OEMs and ODMs customers, as well as 4G and 5G wireless carriers. Sequans Communications S.A. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Sequans Communications S.A. has a Value Score of 85, which is considered to be undervalued.

You can read more about Sequans Communications S.A.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Other Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 5 Best Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

• ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Photronics, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
• SmartKem, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Sequans Communications S.A. stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 5 undervalued stocks in the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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