Key Points
- Director Maryfrances Mccourt sold 20,000 shares at an average price of $46.02 for a total of $920,400, trimming her stake by 26.34% to 55,918 shares valued at about $2.57 million.
- Q3 results beat expectations with EPS of $0.51 versus $0.42 and revenue of $1.99 billion versus $1.93 billion, and the company set Q4 2025 guidance of $0.380–$0.480 EPS.
- Dividend increased to $0.0835 per quarter (annualized $0.33, ~0.8% yield), up from $0.08, with an ex-dividend date of Dec. 3 and payment on Dec. 23.
Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) EVP Kevin Engel sold 11,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.21, for a total value of $508,310.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 349 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,127.29. This trade represents a 96.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.
Amkor Technology Price Performance
Shares of AMKR opened at $40.28 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $9.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.22 and a beta of 1.99. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 1 year low of $14.03 and a 1 year high of $47.28. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $35.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $27.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.
Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.93 billion. Amkor Technology had a net margin of 4.77% and a return on equity of 7.26%. The firm's revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. Amkor Technology has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.380-0.480 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict 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 will be paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.0835 per share. This is a boost from Amkor Technology's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. Amkor Technology's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.40%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
AMKR has been the subject of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Amkor Technology from $27.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Amkor Technology from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, December 6th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Amkor Technology from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Amkor Technology presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $29.63.
Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on Amkor Technology
Institutional Trading of Amkor Technology
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Amkor Technology during the third quarter worth $25,000. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its stake in Amkor Technology by 72.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 933 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in Amkor Technology in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. IFP Advisors Inc increased its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 447 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 1,050.4% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,369 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 1,250 shares in the last quarter. 42.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Amkor Technology Company Profile
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Amkor Technology, Inc provides outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services in the United States, Japan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers turnkey packaging and test services, including semiconductor wafer bump, wafer probe, wafer back-grind, package design, packaging, system-level and final test, and drop shipment services; flip chip scale package products for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile consumer electronic devices; flip chip stacked chip scale packages that are used to stack memory digital baseband, and as applications processors in mobile devices; flip-chip ball grid array packages for various networking, storage, computing, automotive, and consumer applications; and memory products for system memory or platform data storage.
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