Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) Trading Up 9% – What’s Next?

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR)’s share price shot up 9% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $42.85 and last traded at $43.03. 399,187 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 87% from the average session volume of 2,995,154 shares. The stock had previously closed at $39.48.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $27.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $32.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research cut Amkor Technology from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Amkor Technology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $29.63.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.60. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $37.45 and a 200-day moving average price of $29.21. The company has a market capitalization of $10.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.42 and a beta of 1.99.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.93 billion. Amkor Technology had a net margin of 4.77% and a return on equity of 7.26%. Amkor Technology’s quarterly revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.49 EPS. Amkor Technology has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.380-0.480 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Amkor Technology Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0835 per share. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. This is an increase from Amkor Technology’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 3rd. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio is 26.40%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amkor Technology

In related news, EVP Mark N. Rogers sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.69, for a total value of $633,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 23,862 shares in the company, valued at $756,186.78. The trade was a 45.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.68, for a total value of $316,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 346,699 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,983,424.32. This represents a 2.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 91,000 shares of company stock worth $3,615,510 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 26.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Amkor Technology

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 72.1% during the third quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 933 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in Amkor Technology by 91.2% during the third quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 937 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 447 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in Amkor Technology by 21.5% during the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,640 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 467 shares during the period. Ulland Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Amkor Technology by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Ulland Investment Advisors LLC now owns 18,260 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $519,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arizona State Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 36,553 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,038,000 after acquiring an additional 503 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.76% of the company’s stock.

Amkor Technology Company Profile

Amkor Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:AMKR) is a leading provider of outsourced semiconductor packaging and test (OSAT) services, supporting integrated device manufacturers and semiconductor foundries worldwide. The company offers a broad range of advanced packaging solutions, including wafer bumping, flip chip, system-in-package and ball grid array technologies, designed to meet the performance, power and form-factor demands of applications across consumer electronics, automotive, communications and industrial markets.

In addition to packaging, Amkor delivers comprehensive test services such as wafer probing, final test, system-level test and digital, analog and mixed-signal testing, enabling customers to accelerate time-to-market and reduce total costs.