WINTON GROUP Ltd Sells 54,336 Shares of Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR

Key Points

• Winton Group cut its stake in Amkor by 56%, selling 54,336 shares in the period and now holds 42,772 shares valued at about $1.215 million.
• Insiders sold a total of 98,500 shares over the last quarter — including Director Guillaume Rutten (20,000) and CEO Kevin Engel (12,500) — leaving insiders with 26.9% ownership.
• Amkor beat estimates with $0.69 EPS and $1.89B revenue in the most recent quarter (revenue +15.9% YoY); analysts’ consensus is a "Hold" with an average price target of $49.86, and the company declared a $0.0835 quarterly dividend (0.8% yield).

WINTON GROUP Ltd lowered its position in Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) by 56.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 42,772 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 54,336 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd's holdings in Amkor Technology were worth $1,215,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 4.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,779,847 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $448,148,000 after acquiring an additional 687,900 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,835,987 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $108,942,000 after purchasing an additional 17,656 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 38.3% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,558,040 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $74,541,000 after purchasing an additional 985,727 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 1.2% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,255,475 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $47,349,000 after purchasing an additional 27,432 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in Amkor Technology by 17.6% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,981,609 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $56,277,000 after purchasing an additional 296,057 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.76% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AMKR. Zacks Research cut Amkor Technology from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $28.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. William Blair upgraded shares of Amkor Technology to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Finally, UBS Group set a $43.00 target price on Amkor Technology in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $49.86.

Insider Activity

In other Amkor Technology news, Director Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.80, for a total value of $976,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 543,866 shares in the company, valued at $26,540,660.80. This represents a 3.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Kevin K. Engel sold 12,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.75, for a total value of $609,375.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,953 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $143,958.75. The trade was a 80.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 98,500 shares of company stock valued at $4,720,685. 26.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Amkor Technology Stock Down 0.0%

NASDAQ:AMKR opened at $43.92 on Thursday. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a twelve month low of $14.03 and a twelve month high of $57.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.09 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $48.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.33.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The semiconductor company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.26. The business had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.84 billion. Amkor Technology had a net margin of 5.57% and a return on equity of 8.66%. The firm's revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.43 earnings per share. Amkor Technology has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.180-0.280 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Amkor Technology Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.0835 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. Amkor Technology's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.85%.

Amkor Technology Company Profile

Amkor Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AMKR is a leading provider of outsourced semiconductor packaging and test (OSAT) services, supporting integrated device manufacturers and semiconductor foundries worldwide. The company offers a broad range of advanced packaging solutions, including wafer bumping, flip chip, system-in-package and ball grid array technologies, designed to meet the performance, power and form-factor demands of applications across consumer electronics, automotive, communications and industrial markets.

In addition to packaging, Amkor delivers comprehensive test services such as wafer probing, final test, system-level test and digital, analog and mixed-signal testing, enabling customers to accelerate time-to-market and reduce total costs.

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