Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Raises Stock Holdings in Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR

Key Points

• Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Amkor Technology, acquiring an additional 365,975 shares to bring its total ownership to approximately 13.4 million shares, valued at about $241.98 million.
• Amkor Technology reported earnings of $0.22 per share for the last quarter, surpassing analyst estimates of $0.16, and had revenue of $1.51 billion, compared to a consensus of $1.42 billion.
• The company will be paying a quarterly dividend of $0.0827 on September 23rd, representing an annualized yield of 1.4%.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) by 2.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 13,398,430 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 365,975 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 5.42% of Amkor Technology worth $241,980,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in AMKR. Bank of Montreal Can grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 8.1% in the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 17,995 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $462,000 after purchasing an additional 1,346 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of Amkor Technology in the fourth quarter worth approximately $5,666,000. Jump Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 26.7% in the fourth quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 19,000 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $488,000 after purchasing an additional 4,000 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new position in shares of Amkor Technology in the fourth quarter worth approximately $712,000. Finally, CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 90,081 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,313,000 after purchasing an additional 484 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.76% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Amkor Technology

In other news, EVP Mark N. Rogers sold 15,000 shares of Amkor Technology stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.58, for a total value of $353,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,862 shares of the company's stock, valued at $562,665.96. The trade was a 38.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder John T. Kim purchased 441,589 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was bought at an average cost of $21.85 per share, with a total value of $9,648,719.65. Following the transaction, the insider owned 3,789,479 shares in the company, valued at $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 owned by insiders.

Amkor Technology Stock Up 3.8%

Shares of AMKR stock traded up $0.88 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $24.09. 2,200,979 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,682,271. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 12 month low of $14.03 and a 12 month high of $33.69. The company has a market cap of $5.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.59 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The company's 50-day moving average price is $22.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $20.19.

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

Amkor Technology Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 3rd will be given a $0.0827 dividend. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 3rd. Amkor Technology's payout ratio is currently 26.83%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AMKR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report 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 report on Tuesday, July 29th. DA Davidson cut their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $36.00 to $30.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, B. Riley lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $26.44.

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.