HK Stock Market Move | ASMPT (00522) once rose more than 5%. Last year, its net profit increased by 1.6 times compared to the previous year, and it distributed a final dividend and a special dividend of HK$1.13.

ASMPT(00522) rose more than 5% after the performance, and as of the time of writing, it rose by 3.09% to 106.6 Hong Kong dollars with a turnover of 92.3157 million Hong Kong dollars. On the news front, ASMPT announced its performance for 2025, with sales revenue of 14.52 billion Hong Kong dollars (1.86 billion US dollars), a year-on-year increase of 9.8%. The comprehensive profit after tax was 902 million Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 163.6% year-on-year. The basic earnings per share were 2.17 Hong Kong dollars, with a final dividend of 0.34 Hong Kong dollars per share and a special cash dividend of 0.79 Hong Kong dollars per share. Driven by artificial intelligence, the group's Advanced Packaging (AP) business achieved sales revenue of 532 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 30.2%, with the most significant contribution coming from the Thermo-Compression Bonding (TCB) solution. In addition, it is expected that the sales revenue for the first quarter of 2026 will be between 470 million US dollars and 530 million US dollars, with a median quarterly decrease of 1.8% and an annual increase of 29.5%. Based on the median, the group's forecast for sales revenue for the first quarter of 2026 (continued operations only) is above the current market expectations.