{"id":286751,"date":"2026-07-07T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock-july-7-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:10:06","slug":"ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock-july-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock-july-7-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ASE Technology Surges 169% YTD: Should You Still Buy the Stock? &#8211; July 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/news\/2949384\/ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock\">ASE Technology Surges 169% YTD: Should You Still Buy the Stock? &#8211; July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/news\/2949384\/ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock\">https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/news\/2949384\/ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-07 09:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zacks.com\">www.zacks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"module-heading\">Key Takeaways <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ASE Technology is seeing strong AI packaging demand, driving record ATM revenues and higher LEAP growth.<\/li>\n<li>ASX raised 2026 capital spending and expects LEAP revenues to exceed $3.5 billion in 2026.<\/li>\n<li>ASX is expanding margins through a higher LEAP mix while trading below industry and peer valuations.<\/li>\n<li class=\"key_takeaway_cta\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/ul>\n<p><strong>ASE Technology Holding<\/strong> (ASX Quick Quote<span class=\"hoverquote-symbol\">ASX<\/span> <span> &#8211; <\/span> Free Report)     shares have rallied 169% year to date (YTD), outperforming the Zacks Electronics &#8211; Semiconductors industry&#8217;s return of 42.7%. The stock also outperformed its industry peers, including <strong>FormFactor<\/strong> (FORM Quick Quote<span class=\"hoverquote-symbol\">FORM<\/span> <span> &#8211; <\/span> Free Report)    , <strong>Lam Research<\/strong> (LRCX Quick Quote<span class=\"hoverquote-symbol\">LRCX<\/span> <span> &#8211; <\/span> Free Report)     and <strong>Applied Materials<\/strong> (AMAT Quick Quote<span class=\"hoverquote-symbol\">AMAT<\/span> <span> &#8211; <\/span> Free Report)    . Shares of FormFactor, Lam Research and Applied Materials have returned 112.9%, 103.6% and 130.9%, respectively, YTD.<\/p>\n<p>The outperformance of ASE Technology\u2019s shares raises the question: Does it still have room to run, or is it time for investors to consider taking profits? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">YTD Price Return Performance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"width:100%; display: inline-block; font-size: 8pt;\">Image Source: Zacks Investment Research<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>AI Packaging Demand Boosts ASX&#8217;s Prospects<\/h2>\n<p>ASE Technology is benefiting from the growing demand for AI chip packaging. In the first quarter of 2026, ASX&#8217;s Assembly, Testing and Materials (ATM) business performed better than expected, despite having fewer working days and did not see the usual seasonal slowdown. Management said AI-related products are changing the normal demand pattern, helping reduce the impact of seasonality on the business.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced packaging continues to be the main growth driver. ASE reported record ATM revenues of NTD 112.4 billion in the first quarter, up 2% sequentially and 30% year over year. Higher factory utilization and a larger contribution from Leading Edge Advanced Packaging (LEAP) services were the key contributors to growth. The company said demand for AI and computing products remained&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/news\/2949384\/ase-technology-surges-169-ytd-should-you-still-buy-the-stock\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASE Technology Surges 169% YTD: Should You Still Buy the Stock? &#8211; July 7, 2026&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/staticx-tuner.zacks.com\/images\/articles\/main\/cb\/577.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286755,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286751\/revisions\/286755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}