Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR Stock Position Raised by Robotti Robert

Key Points

• Robotti Robert increased its position in Amkor Technology by 14.4%, now holding 246,827 shares, making it the fund's 24th largest holding.
• Amkor Technology's quarterly earnings showed an EPS of $0.22, surpassing estimates, with revenues of $1.51 billion, marking a 3.4% increase year-over-year.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0827 per share, contributing to an annualized dividend yield of 1.3%.

Robotti Robert boosted its position in Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) by 14.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 246,827 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 30,990 shares during the quarter. Amkor Technology accounts for approximately 0.9% of Robotti Robert's holdings, making the stock its 24th biggest holding. Robotti Robert owned about 0.10% of Amkor Technology worth $4,458,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,025,236 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $289,416,000 after buying an additional 361,010 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 7.9% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,778,790 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $122,767,000 after buying an additional 350,809 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 4.3% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,092,078 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $37,783,000 after buying an additional 85,805 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,989,507 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $35,931,000 after buying an additional 17,214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 30.8% in the 4th quarter. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC now owns 1,821,700 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $46,799,000 after buying an additional 429,200 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.76% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMKR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "equal weight" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Amkor Technology in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $20.00 target price for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amkor Technology has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $26.44.

Insider Activity

In related news, major shareholder John T. Kim acquired 441,589 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was acquired 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Mark N. Rogers sold 15,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.58, for a total transaction of $353,700.00. Following the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 26.90% of the company's stock.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMKR traded down $0.3470 on Tuesday, hitting $23.7030. The stock had a trading volume of 714,701 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,149,184. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a one year low of $14.03 and a one year high of $33.85. 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 stock has a market cap of $5.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.27 and a beta of 1.85. The company's 50-day moving average is $21.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $20.15.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last posted its 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 analysts' expectations of $1.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.27 EPS. 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, analysts expect that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Amkor Technology Announces Dividend

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

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.