Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Amkor Technology in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. B. Riley analyst C. Ellis now anticipates that the semiconductor company will post earnings of $0.43 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.48. B. Riley currently has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Amkor Technology's current full-year earnings is $1.47 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Amkor Technology's Q3 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS.
Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 8.59% and a net margin of 5.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.24 EPS.
AMKR has been the subject of a number of other reports. KeyCorp reaffirmed a "sector weight" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Melius downgraded shares of Amkor Technology from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $34.00 to $30.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $24.00 to $19.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $30.00 to $25.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC decreased their target price on Amkor Technology from $34.00 to $22.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $28.00.
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Amkor Technology Trading Up 3.8 %
Shares of NASDAQ AMKR traded up $0.66 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $18.14. 1,866,839 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,769,417. The business has a 50 day moving average of $18.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of $23.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.69 and a beta of 1.88. Amkor Technology has a 1 year low of $14.03 and a 1 year high of $44.86. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 2.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amkor Technology
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 129.9% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 122,106 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,205,000 after acquiring an additional 69,004 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in Amkor Technology by 34.7% during the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 246,687 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $4,455,000 after purchasing an additional 63,615 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 90.2% during the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 5,367 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 2,545 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC raised its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 183.5% in the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 28,026 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $506,000 after purchasing an additional 18,139 shares during the period. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 26.3% in the first quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 239,308 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $4,322,000 after buying an additional 49,820 shares during the last quarter. 42.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, major shareholder Agnes C. Kim sold 869,565 shares of Amkor Technology stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.85, for a total value of $18,999,995.25. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 10,020,870 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $218,956,009.50. The trade was a 7.98 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Kevin Engel sold 5,489 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.69, for a total transaction of $119,056.41. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 1,388 shares of the company's stock, valued at $30,105.72. This represents a 79.82 % 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 Cuts Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 13th were paid a $0.0827 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 13th. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.82%. Amkor Technology's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.78%.
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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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