Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) Trading Down 5.5% – Time to Sell?

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) shares were down 5.5% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $49.20 and last traded at $49.0810. Approximately 1,422,418 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 70% from the average daily volume of 4,792,557 shares. The stock had previously closed at $51.95.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have issued reports on AMKR. B. Riley boosted their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $29.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Friday, January 9th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Amkor Technology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. DA Davidson raised their price objective on Amkor Technology from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amkor Technology presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.14.

Amkor Technology Trading Down 2.4%

The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $40.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $31.43. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The company has a market capitalization of $11.87 billion, a PE ratio of 38.40 and a beta of 1.99.

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

Amkor Technology Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 3rd were issued a $0.0835 dividend. This is a boost from Amkor Technology’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 3rd. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.40%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Kevin Engel sold 11,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.21, for a total transaction of $508,310.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,127.29. This trade represents a 96.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Maryfrances Mccourt sold 20,000 shares of Amkor Technology stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.02, for a total value of $920,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 55,918 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,573,346.36. This trade represents a 26.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 81,000 shares of company stock worth $3,308,110 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 26.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amkor Technology

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMKR. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 4.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,779,847 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $448,148,000 after acquiring an additional 687,900 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 18.4% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 4,211,529 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $119,607,000 after purchasing an additional 653,489 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,835,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $108,942,000 after purchasing an additional 17,656 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Amkor Technology by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,255,475 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $47,349,000 after purchasing an additional 27,432 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in Amkor Technology by 17.6% during the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,981,609 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $56,277,000 after purchasing an additional 296,057 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.76% of the company’s stock.

About Amkor Technology

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.