Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.08

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 2nd will be given a dividend of 0.0835 per share by the semiconductor company on Tuesday, September 22nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 2nd.

Amkor Technology has raised its dividend by an average of 0.5%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 4 consecutive years. Amkor Technology has a payout ratio of 22.0% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Amkor Technology to earn $2.73 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.33 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 12.1%.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

Shares of AMKR stock opened at $55.59 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 2.17 and a quick ratio of 1.91. The stock has a market cap of $13.81 billion, a PE ratio of 24.93 and a beta of 2.24. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $68.84 and a 200-day moving average of $60.90. Amkor Technology has a one year low of $22.74 and a one year high of $96.68.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.23. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 12.27% and a net margin of 7.45%.The business had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.22 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 25.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Amkor Technology has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.720-0.820 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Amkor Technology will post 2.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Douglas A. Alexander sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.81, for a total value of $279,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 29,109 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,624,573.29. The trade was a 14.66% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Kevin K. Engel sold 3,221 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.00, for a total transaction of $151,387.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,666 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $454,302. This represents a 24.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 50,221 shares of company stock valued at $3,129,287 in the last 90 days. 26.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Amkor Technology

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMKR. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its stake in Amkor Technology by 12.5% during the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,216 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. Arista Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 1.2% in the second quarter. Arista Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,642 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,176,000 after buying an additional 157 shares in the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 56.4% in the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 438 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 158 shares in the last quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 9,799 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $387,000 after buying an additional 202 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 36,221 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,430,000 after buying an additional 218 shares during the last quarter. 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.