B. Riley Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for AMKR

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) - Analysts at B. Riley lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Amkor Technology in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 21st. B. Riley analyst C. Ellis now forecasts that the semiconductor company will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.07. B. Riley has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Amkor Technology's current full-year earnings is $1.47 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Amkor Technology's FY2025 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.69 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.93 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. KeyCorp restated a "sector weight" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Melius Research lowered Amkor Technology from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $34.00 price target on shares of Amkor Technology in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Amkor Technology from $42.00 to $30.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Amkor Technology from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $31.50.

Amkor Technology Price Performance

NASDAQ AMKR traded up $0.16 on Tuesday, reaching $17.55. 2,113,765 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,750,436. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 2.11 and a quick ratio of 1.90. Amkor Technology has a 12 month low of $14.03 and a 12 month high of $44.86. The stock has a market cap of $4.34 billion, a PE ratio of 12.27 and a beta of 1.88. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $18.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $23.60.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.06. Amkor Technology had a net margin of 5.60% and a return on equity of 8.59%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AMKR. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Amkor Technology during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 677.0% during the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,756 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 1,530 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 353.7% during the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,488 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 1,160 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 421.0% during the 4th quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,537 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 1,242 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hurley Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amkor Technology during the 4th quarter valued at $43,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.76% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Amkor Technology

In related news, major shareholder Agnes C. Kim sold 869,565 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.85, for a total value of $18,999,995.25. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10,020,870 shares in the company, valued at approximately $218,956,009.50. This trade represents a 7.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Kevin Engel sold 5,489 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.69, for a total transaction of $119,056.41. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 1,388 shares in the company, valued at $30,105.72. This represents a 79.82 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 26.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amkor Technology Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 13th were paid a $0.0827 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 13th. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.88%. Amkor Technology's dividend payout ratio is presently 23.08%.

Amkor Technology Company Profile

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.