Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd Takes Position in Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR

Key Points

• Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired 29,566 shares of Amkor Technology, valued at approximately $534,000, reflecting a strong interest from institutional investors.
• Amkor Technology's stock has received upgrades from multiple analysts, with a new price target of $28.00 from Needham & Company, indicating positive market sentiment for the semiconductor firm.
• Amkor recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0827, representing an annualized yield of 1.3%, demonstrating the company's commitment to returning value to shareholders.

Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 29,566 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $534,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Amkor Technology during the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. UMB Bank n.a. raised its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 677.0% during the first quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,756 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 1,530 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 166.3% during the first quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,173 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 1,357 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 61.8% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,236 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 854 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in shares of Amkor Technology during the first quarter valued at approximately $53,000. Institutional investors own 42.76% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. B. Riley boosted their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Amkor Technology from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $26.44.

Amkor Technology Stock Up 5.3%

NASDAQ AMKR traded up $1.36 on Tuesday, hitting $27.04. The stock had a trading volume of 3,711,725 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,818,298. The business's fifty day moving average price is $23.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $20.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 1.70. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 52-week low of $14.03 and a 52-week high of $32.47. The stock has a market cap of $6.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.98 and a beta of 1.96.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.06. Amkor Technology had a net margin of 4.80% and a return on equity of 7.23%. The business had revenue of $1.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.27 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. Amkor Technology has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.340-0.480 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Amkor Technology Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 3rd will be issued a $0.0827 dividend. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 3rd. Amkor Technology's payout ratio is currently 26.83%.

Insider Activity at Amkor Technology

In other news, EVP Farshad Haghighi sold 11,792 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.00, for a total transaction of $294,800.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,354 shares of the company's stock, valued at $208,850. The trade was a 58.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Sujoda Management, Llc acquired 441,589 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The shares were bought at an average cost of $21.85 per share, for a total transaction of $9,648,719.65. Following the completion of the acquisition, the insider directly owned 3,789,479 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $82,800,116.15. The trade was a 13.19% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 26.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Amkor Technology

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.