I read a news article that the shortage of semiconductors will great good growth opportunity for the industry over the next two years.

It covered several American semiconductor stocks. I added a few Asian stocks to this list, namely SMIC, Samsung, TSMC.

The financial indicators are listed in the table below.

I have sorted them in the order of PE ratio.

The stocks with PE ratios less than 20 are Intel, ASE, SMIC and UMC. Three of them pay a dividend of between 2.8% to 4.4%. Three of them have a total debt to equity ratio of below 45%. 

My preference is for Intel, but I find the other three stocks to be attractive as well. 

I have a large investment in SMIC, which is based in China. As the development of the semiconductor industry is critical for China, I believe that this stock will do well.

Note - I am giving a personal observation. This is not investment advice. 

Tan Kin Lian
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