Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) Director Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten Sells 10,000 Shares

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) Director Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $53.14, for a total transaction of $531,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 335,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,822,677.74. This trade represents a 2.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 17th, Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten sold 10,000 shares of Amkor Technology stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.68, for a total value of $316,800.00.

Amkor Technology Price Performance

Shares of Amkor Technology stock traded up $1.05 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $49.05. 4,450,273 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,147,347. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $41.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.60. The firm has a market cap of $12.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.24 and a beta of 1.99. Amkor Technology, Inc. has a 52 week low of $14.03 and a 52 week high of $54.20.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.09. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 7.26% and a net margin of 4.77%.The firm had revenue of $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.93 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 earnings per share for the current year.

Amkor Technology Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 3rd were given a $0.0835 dividend. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from Amkor Technology’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 3rd. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.40%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amkor Technology

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Amkor Technology by 4.6% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,779,847 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $448,148,000 after purchasing an additional 687,900 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Amkor Technology by 18.4% in the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 4,211,529 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $119,607,000 after purchasing an additional 653,489 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Amkor Technology by 0.5% during 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 in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Amkor Technology by 1.2% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,255,475 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $47,349,000 after buying an additional 27,432 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 296,057 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 42.76% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMKR has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered Amkor Technology from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. UBS Group lowered Amkor Technology from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $38.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Amkor Technology in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Amkor Technology from $27.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, William Blair upgraded Amkor Technology to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.14.

About Amkor Technology

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.