Research Analysts Set Expectations for AMKR Q2 Earnings

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Amkor Technology in a report released on Tuesday, April 29th. DA Davidson analyst T. Diffely anticipates that the semiconductor company will earn $0.16 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Buy" rating and a $30.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Amkor Technology's current full-year earnings is $1.47 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Amkor Technology's FY2025 earnings at $1.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.85 EPS.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.09. The business 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 revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.24 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Melius downgraded Amkor Technology from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $34.00 to $30.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. KeyCorp reissued a "sector weight" rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Amkor Technology from $24.00 to $19.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price target on Amkor Technology from $34.00 to $22.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Melius Research downgraded Amkor Technology from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amkor Technology has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $28.00.

Amkor Technology Price Performance

AMKR stock opened at $17.02 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.90 and a beta of 1.88. Amkor Technology has a twelve month low of $14.03 and a twelve month high of $44.86. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $18.43 and a 200-day simple moving average of $23.46. The company has a current ratio of 2.11, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

Amkor Technology Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 13th were issued a $0.0827 dividend. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 13th. Amkor Technology's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.08%.

Insider Activity at Amkor Technology

In other news, major shareholder Agnes C. Kim sold 869,565 shares of the 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 $218,956,009.50. This represents a 7.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Kevin Engel sold 5,489 shares of the 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 directly owns 1,388 shares of the company's stock, valued at $30,105.72. The trade was a 79.82 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 26.90% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amkor Technology

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,664,226 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $402,414,000 after acquiring an additional 1,092,002 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,778,790 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $122,767,000 after purchasing an additional 350,809 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 15.8% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 4,081,481 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $104,853,000 after purchasing an additional 556,761 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 24.4% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,709,002 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $69,594,000 after purchasing an additional 530,771 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,109,507 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $54,209,000 after purchasing an additional 15,211 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.76% of the company's stock.

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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