ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd vs Franklin Resources, Inc. — how do they compare? ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd trades at $39 (market cap $85.75B), while Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B). The key difference: ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd is far larger — about 5.1× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.96%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ASX | BEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $85.75B | $16.95B |
Sector | Technology | Financials |
52-Week High | $45.12 | $35.77 |
52-Week Low | $9.63 | $21.18 |
Enterprise Value | $90.15B | $29.90B |
Dividend Yield | 1.08% | 3.96% |
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ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd is a semiconductor assembly and testing firm. The company operates in segments: Packaging, Testing, and Electronic Manufacturing Services. Of these, packaging services contribute the most revenue. It involves packaging bare semiconductors into completed semiconductors with improved electrical and thermal characteristics. The Testing Segment includes front-end engineering testing, wafer probing, and final testing services. In the EMS segment, the company designs manufacture and sells electronic components and telecommunication equipment motherboards. The company is based in Taiwan but garners over half its sales from firms in the United States.
Read more on ASX →Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of August 2022, Franklin had $1.388 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (32%), fixed-income (38%), multi-asset/balanced (10%) funds, alternatives (16%), and money market funds (4%). Distribution tends to be weighted more toward retail investors (49% of AUM) investors, as opposed to institutional (49%) and high-net-worth (2%) clients. Franklin is also one of the more global firms of the U.S.-based asset managers with more than 35% of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and 25% of managed assets sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.
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