Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) EVP Sells $222,700.00 in Stock

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) EVP Mark Rogers sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.54, for a total value of $222,700.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 38,904 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,732,784.16. The trade was a 11.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMKR opened at $45.83 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 2.01. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 1 year low of $14.03 and a 1 year high of $57.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.33 billion, a PE ratio of 30.35 and a beta of 1.94. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $47.95 and its 200-day moving average price is $39.24.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The semiconductor company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.26. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 8.66% and a net margin of 5.57%.The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Amkor Technology has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.180-0.280 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amkor Technology Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 12th will be paid a $0.0835 dividend. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 21.85%.

Institutional Trading of Amkor Technology

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position 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 valued at $448,148,000 after buying an additional 687,900 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 18.4% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 4,211,529 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $119,607,000 after acquiring an additional 653,489 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 0.5% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,835,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $108,942,000 after acquiring an additional 17,656 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,473,925 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $137,151,000 after acquiring an additional 47,514 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 37.4% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,722,310 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $107,477,000 after acquiring an additional 740,701 shares during the period. 42.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on AMKR shares. B. Riley Financial upped their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $29.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Amkor Technology from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. UBS Group set a $43.00 target price on Amkor Technology in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. William Blair upgraded Amkor Technology to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Amkor Technology from $38.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amkor Technology presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $49.86.

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.