AMAT vs ASX vs TTMI Stock Comparison

Applied Materials, ASE Technology Holding and Ttm Technologies Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMAT Applied Materials Inc /De
$395.93 -18.4% 1M +71.2% 1Y
Market cap
$330.96B
P/E
35.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.84B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
5 wins
TTMI Ttm Technologies Inc
$86.78 -32.8% 1M +47.3% 1Y
Market cap
$9.44B
P/E
39.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.38B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Applied Materials leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Applied Materials 5, Ttm Technologies 3, ASE Technology Holding 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMATASXTTMILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $330.96B $95.28B $9.44B AMAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.7x 48.8x 39.9x AMAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.3x 33.1x 16.4x TTMI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.8% +18.2% +27.6% TTMI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 8.5% 7.0% AMAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 25.3% 11.1% 10.6% AMAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 1.1x 1.0x AMAT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +71.2% +218.2% +47.3% ASX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.8%/yr +42.3%/yr +46.2%/yr TTMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.5% 58.1% 90.4% ASX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 60/100 60/100 ASX

Percentile Scorecard

AMATASXTTMI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMATASXTTMI
Valuation 55 #43 of 94 74 #25 of 94 52 #54 of 112
Growth 46 #50 of 92 79 #20 of 92 88 #14 of 109
Profitability 89 #11 of 90 67 #30 of 90 61 #41 of 104
Financial Health 48 #52 of 99 16 #83 of 99 37 #74 of 116
Shareholder Returns 53 #35 of 73 64 #27 of 73 –
Overall 58 60 60
  • AMAT ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • ASX ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • TTMI ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMATASXTTMISPY
1 month -18.4%-5.0%-32.8% -0.2%
3 months -16.9%+23.9%-20.2% +3.9%
6 months +3.9%+40.0%-36.9% +8.2%
Year to date +54.1%+161.5%+25.8% +12.9%
1 year +71.2%+218.2%+47.3% +12.3%
3 years +201.5%+462.8%+653.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +44.5%+78.0%+96.1% +23.3%
5 years +191.1%+482.3%+566.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +23.8%+42.3%+46.2% +10.9%
10 years +1,271.9%+619.7%+536.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year +29.9%+21.8%+20.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMATASXTTMISPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.5%58.1%90.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.2%62.4%97.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.772.603.81 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.183.750.52 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.4%-43.1%-66.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.2%-11.6%-60.8% -1.2%
52-week high $723.00$47.62$221.47 $779.14
52-week low $220.23$13.23$58.45 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMATASXTTMI
P/E now vs peer median 33.9xmedian 45.6x 46.8xmedian 45.6x 38.2xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 7.7x 4.1xmedian 7.7x 2.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.2xmedian 29.0x 21.3xmedian 29.0x 19.6xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 55.9xmedian 40.6x 7.7xmedian 40.6x -603.8xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 12.3xmedian 4.6x 7.7xmedian 4.6x 4.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.28median 2.28 6.02median 2.28 0.81median 1.17

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMATASXTTMI
Revenue $30.84B $22.92B $3.38B
Gross profit $15.23B $4.46B $715.64M
Operating income $9.14B $2.24B $334.16M
Net income $9.27B $2.65B $236.78M
Free cash flow $5.62B $12.11B -$15.14M
R&D $3.97B $1.18B $29.71M
EPS (diluted) $11.58 $0.88 $2.20
Cash & equivalents $7.04B $2.86B $507.91M
Total debt $26.11B $31.57B $3.72B
Shares (diluted) 800.00M 2.21B 107.58M
Enterprise value $296.40B $83.29B $7.53B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMATASXTTMI
P/E 33.9x 46.8x 38.2x
P/FCF 55.9x 7.7x -603.8x
P/Operating cash flow 37.4x 17.3x 28.3x
P/S 10.2x 4.1x 2.7x
P/B 12.3x 7.7x 4.7x
P/Tangible book 12.4x 9.2x 5.1x
EV/EBITDA 32.2x 21.3x 19.6x
EV/EBIT 34.1x 44.1x 28.8x
EV/Revenue 10.1x 4.3x 2.8x
EV/FCF 55.4x 8.1x -634.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 37.1x 18.2x 29.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.28 6.02 0.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMATASXTTMI
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.8% 18.2% 27.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 3.6% 12.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.8% 37.8% 33.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.3% 6.5% 18.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.0% 68.3% 94.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 4.3% 47.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 35.6% 83.5% 154.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 3.2% 48.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.0% 81.8% 147.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 7.8% 47.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.0% 51.2% 35.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 13.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.4% 57.3% -185.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.0% 27.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMATASXTTMI
Gross margin 49.4% 19.5% 21.2%
EBITDA margin 31.4% 20.2% 14.5%
Operating margin 29.6% 9.8% 9.9%
Pretax margin 34.8% 10.7% 7.8%
Net margin 30.1% 8.5% 7.0%
FCF margin 18.2% 52.9% -0.4%
Operating cash flow margin 27.2% 23.6% 9.6%
Return on equity 37.4% 22.0% 12.6%
Return on assets 22.1% 8.4% 5.6%
Return on invested capital 25.3% 11.1% 10.6%
Return on capital employed 29.0% 8.4% 11.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 2.0x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMATASXTTMI
Debt / assets 15.0% 25.2% 22.0%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.7x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 1.1x 1.0x
Debt / FCF 1.2x 0.7x -64.3x
Liabilities / assets 41.1% 63.7% 56.2%
Equity / assets 58.9% 36.3% 43.8%
Interest coverage 33.0x 9.9x 7.6x
Current ratio 2.4x 0.3x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.6x 1.5x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.6x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 14.32 – 3.86

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMATASXTTMI
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 0.6% – –
Shareholder yield 1.1% 1.0% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMATASXTTMI
Forward P/E 29.3xFY2026 33.1xFY2026 16.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.50FY2026 $1.27FY2026 $5.29FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +43.3%FY2026 +126.8%FY2026 +115.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +32.7% +37.8% +53.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $32.74BFY2026 $24.36BFY2026 $4.26BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.4%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026 +46.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.2% +32.0% +60.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMATASXTTMI
Held by institutions 83.6% 6.9% 92.4%
Institutions holding 3,505 482 638
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.0% -2.5% +0.6%
Institutions buying 1,789 308 396
Institutions selling 1,349 133 202
Buyers to sellers 1.33 2.32 1.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMATASXTTMI
AMAT 1.00 0.71 0.63
ASX 0.71 1.00 0.63
TTMI 0.63 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMAT, ASX and TTMI?

Applied Materials (AMAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Applied Materials (AMAT) $330.96B, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) $95.28B, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) $9.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMAT, ASX and TTMI?

Applied Materials (AMAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Applied Materials (AMAT) 35.7x, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 48.8x, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) 39.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) is cheapest (Applied Materials (AMAT) 29.3x, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 33.1x, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) 16.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ttm Technologies (TTMI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Applied Materials (AMAT) +7.8%, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) +18.2%, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) +27.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Applied Materials (AMAT) has the highest net margin (Applied Materials (AMAT) 30.1%, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 8.5%, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) 7.0%). On return on invested capital, Applied Materials (AMAT) leads (Applied Materials (AMAT) 25.3%, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 11.1%, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) 10.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ASE Technology Holding (ASX) returned the most: Applied Materials (AMAT) +71.2%, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) +218.2%, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) +47.3%. Over five years, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) compounded fastest (Applied Materials (AMAT) +23.8%/yr, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) +42.3%/yr, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) +46.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) has been the steadiest (Applied Materials (AMAT) 60.5%, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 58.1%, Ttm Technologies (TTMI) 90.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMAT, ASX and TTMI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Applied Materials (AMAT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.