Mark Rogers Sells 5,000 Shares of Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) Stock

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) EVP Mark Rogers sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.43, for a total value of $297,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 38,904 shares in the company, valued at $2,312,064.72. This represents a 11.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Amkor Technology Trading Up 3.1%

AMKR traded up $2.07 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $69.44. 3,982,725 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,337,424. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $48.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.91. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 1-year low of $15.24 and a 1-year high of $69.69. The company has a market cap of $17.21 billion, a PE ratio of 45.99 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.27, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The semiconductor company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.26. The company had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 8.66% and a net margin of 5.57%.Amkor Technology’s revenue was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.43 EPS. Amkor Technology has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.180-0.280 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amkor Technology Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 12th were paid a dividend of $0.0835 per share. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 12th. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.85%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Amkor Technology by 4.6% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Amkor Technology by 18.4% in 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 in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings 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 worth $108,942,000 after purchasing an additional 17,656 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,473,925 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $137,151,000 after purchasing an additional 47,514 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 37.4% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,722,310 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $107,477,000 after purchasing an additional 740,701 shares in the last quarter. 42.76% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on AMKR. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $28.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Wall Street Zen lowered Amkor Technology from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Melius Research upgraded Amkor Technology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $60.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday, April 6th. Finally, William Blair raised Amkor Technology to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $51.13.

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.