Moody National Bank Trust Division Acquires New Position in Amkor Technology, Inc. $AMKR

Moody National Bank Trust Division bought a new position in shares of Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 20,682 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $587,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMKR. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 1,050.4% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,369 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 1,250 shares in the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 416.8% in the second quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 1,602 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 1,292 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Amkor Technology by 61.8% in the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,236 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 854 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in Amkor Technology during the 1st quarter worth $53,000. Finally, Quaker Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Amkor Technology by 301.1% during the 2nd quarter. Quaker Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,514 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 3,764 shares during the period. 42.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

Shares of Amkor Technology stock opened at $39.30 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 52 week low of $14.03 and a 52 week high of $47.28. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $35.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $27.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.44 and a beta of 1.99.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.93 billion. Amkor Technology had a net margin of 4.77% and a return on equity of 7.26%. The company’s revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 EPS. Amkor Technology has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.380-0.480 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Amkor Technology Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.0835 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 3rd. This is a positive change from Amkor Technology’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. This represents a $0.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio is 26.40%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Amkor Technology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 6th. Zacks Research cut shares of Amkor Technology from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. DA Davidson boosted their price target on shares of Amkor Technology from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $32.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $29.63.

Insider Activity at Amkor Technology

In related news, Director Maryfrances Mccourt sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.02, for a total transaction of $920,400.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 55,918 shares in the company, valued at $2,573,346.36. This trade represents a 26.34% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Gil C. Tily sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.44, for a total value of $928,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 123,806 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,749,550.64. This represents a 13.91% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 101,000 shares of company stock valued at $3,915,510. Corporate insiders own 26.90% of the company’s stock.

Amkor Technology 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.