Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Purchases New Holdings in Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR

Key Points

• Landscape Capital Management invested approximately $360,000 in Amkor Technology by purchasing 19,958 shares, as disclosed in a recent SEC filing.
• Amkor Technology's stock opened at $24.19, exhibiting a 1.9% decline, with recent earnings showing an EPS of $0.22, surpassing analyst expectations.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.0827, with an annual yield of 1.4%, and insider trading activity includes significant share purchases that augment major shareholders' positions.

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. acquired a new stake in Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 19,958 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $360,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Amkor Technology during the first quarter worth $27,000. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its position 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 worth $32,000 after buying an additional 1,530 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP boosted its position 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 worth $38,000 after buying an additional 1,357 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amkor Technology during the first quarter worth $53,000. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 467.7% during the first quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 3,009 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 2,479 shares during the period. 42.76% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMKR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley restated an "equal weight" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on Amkor Technology from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. B. Riley lifted their target price on Amkor Technology from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. UBS Group lifted their target price on Amkor Technology from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Amkor Technology from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Amkor Technology currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $26.44.

Insider Transactions at Amkor Technology

In other news, major shareholder John T. Kim bought 441,589 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The shares were acquired at an average price of $21.85 per share, for a total transaction of $9,648,719.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 3,789,479 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $82,800,116.15. This trade represents a 13.19% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 23,862 shares in the company, valued at $562,665.96. This trade represents a 38.60% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 26.90% of the company's stock.

Amkor Technology Stock Down 0.4%

Amkor Technology stock traded down $0.10 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $23.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,376,836 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,786,953. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $14.03 and a fifty-two week high of $32.47. 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 has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.35 and a beta of 1.96. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $22.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $20.24.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.06. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 7.23% and a net margin of 4.80%.The company had revenue of $1.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.42 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.27 earnings per share. Amkor Technology'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, research analysts expect that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amkor Technology Dividend Announcement

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

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.