Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Acquires 162,241 Shares of ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:ASX)

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:ASX - Free Report) by 52.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 470,841 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 162,241 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP's holdings in ASE Technology were worth $4,741,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of ASX. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its stake in ASE Technology by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 15,674,623 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $157,843,000 after purchasing an additional 507,008 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in ASE Technology by 36.1% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,861,813 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $48,958,000 after purchasing an additional 1,290,605 shares in the last quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC raised its stake in ASE Technology by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC now owns 4,424,100 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $44,551,000 after purchasing an additional 14,831 shares in the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group raised its stake in ASE Technology by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 4,371,391 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $44,370,000 after purchasing an additional 12,767 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its stake in ASE Technology by 24.6% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 3,094,383 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $31,160,000 after purchasing an additional 611,751 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 6.80% of the company's stock.

ASE Technology Price Performance

ASE Technology stock traded down $0.19 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $9.98. 8,918,765 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,052,275. ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. has a 12-month low of $6.94 and a 12-month high of $12.86. The company has a market cap of $22.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.17, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $8.92 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.73.

ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.12 by ($0.02). ASE Technology had a net margin of 5.44% and a return on equity of 9.86%. The firm had revenue of $4.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $143.62 billion. Equities analysts forecast that ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. will post 0.76 earnings per share for the current year.

ASE Technology Profile

ASE Technology Holding Co, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides semiconductors packaging and testing, and electronic manufacturing services in the United States, Taiwan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. It develops, constructs, sells, leases, and manages real estate properties; produces substrates; offers information software, equipment leasing, investment advisory, and warehousing management services; commercial complex, after-sales, and support services; manages parking lot services; processes and sells computer and communication peripherals, electronic components, telecommunications equipment, and motherboards; and imports and exports goods and technology.