Paragon Capital Management Ltd Makes New $248,000 Investment in Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR

Paragon Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 11,800 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $248,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in Amkor Technology by 22.2% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 303,549 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $5,482,000 after acquiring an additional 55,156 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 15.0% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 10,886 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $197,000 after buying an additional 1,423 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 22.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 20,963 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $379,000 after buying an additional 3,885 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 32.4% during the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 22,260 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $403,000 after buying an additional 5,447 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Amkor Technology during the first quarter worth about $534,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.76% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AMKR. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. B. Riley lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "equal weight" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target 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. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Thursday, July 10th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $20.00 price target for the company. Four 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, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $26.44.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

Shares of AMKR stock opened at $29.02 on Friday. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a one year low of $14.03 and a one year high of $32.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.70 and a current ratio of 1.89. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $24.50 and a 200 day moving average price of $20.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.59 and a beta of 1.96.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.22 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 firm had revenue of $1.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.27 earnings per share. Amkor Technology's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Amkor Technology has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.340-0.480 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 EPS for the current year.

Amkor Technology Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0827 per share. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 3rd. Amkor Technology's payout ratio is 26.83%.

Insider Activity

In other Amkor Technology news, major shareholder John T. Kim purchased 441,589 shares of Amkor Technology stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $21.85 per share, with a total value of $9,648,719.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 3,789,479 shares in the company, valued at approximately $82,800,116.15. This represents a 13.19% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Farshad Haghighi sold 11,792 shares of Amkor Technology stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,354 shares in the company, valued at approximately $208,850. This trade represents a 58.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 36,792 shares of company stock valued at $948,500 over the last quarter. 26.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.

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