Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) Shares Gap Down – Here’s Why

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) shares gapped down before the market opened on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $51.59, but opened at $47.89. Amkor Technology shares last traded at $48.7050, with a volume of 3,171,035 shares trading hands.

More Amkor Technology News

Here are the key news stories impacting Amkor Technology this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and bullish research: multiple sell‑side notes (Needham, JPMorgan) and at least one upgrade helped push AMKR to a new 12‑month high earlier in the week, supporting a continued re‑rating into the semiconductor packaging/testing group. Amkor Hits New 12-Month High After Analyst Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: AI‑infrastructure narrative: Marc Chaikin highlighted Amkor as a direct beneficiary of the AI buildout (chip testing and packaging exposure), which draws investor money away from traditional software into hardware and supply‑chain names. That thematic support helps explain recent accumulation. Is AI Really Eating Software?
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum / positive coverage: momentum screens and bullish writeups (Zacks, MSN) are attracting momentum investors and options traders, adding flow that can amplify moves on both upside and downside. Zacks Momentum Take
• Neutral Sentiment: Options market activity: elevated option flows and unusual positioning prompted commentary that traders are pricing larger moves — useful to monitor for short‑term volatility signals but not definitive directionally. Options Market Note
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest data appears unreliable: recent reports show zero shares / NaN changes, indicating a likely reporting/data issue — no clear signal of a growing short squeeze or mounting short pressure at this time.
• Negative Sentiment: Kim family secondary offering (10M shares): the family priced a secondary offering, increasing near‑term share supply and reshaping ownership — this is the primary near‑term catalyst behind selling pressure and uncertainty about dilution/timing. Investors often sell into such insider offerings, which can cap short‑term upside. Business Wire: Pricing of Secondary Offering
• Negative Sentiment: Ownership reshaping and headline risk: coverage notes the Kim family sale “reshapes” ownership and keeps results/guidance in focus — even with strong fundamentals, headline-driven volatility can persist while the offering is in the market. Yahoo: Kim Family Offering Reshapes Ownership

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on AMKR shares. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on Amkor Technology from $50.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. UBS Group set a $43.00 target price on shares of Amkor Technology in a research note on Tuesday. William Blair raised shares of Amkor Technology to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Amkor Technology from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Amkor Technology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $49.86.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 1.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.94 billion, a PE ratio of 31.89 and a beta of 2.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $46.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $35.16.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The semiconductor company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.26. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 8.66% and a net margin of 5.57%.The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Amkor Technology has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.180-0.280 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Amkor Technology, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Kevin Engel sold 11,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.21, for a total transaction of $508,310.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 349 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,127.29. This trade represents a 96.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Guillaume Marie Jean Rutten sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.14, for a total transaction of $531,400.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 335,391 shares in the company, valued at $17,822,677.74. The trade was a 2.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 96,000 shares of company stock worth $4,085,910 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 26.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amkor Technology

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amkor Technology during the third quarter worth $25,000. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in Amkor Technology by 72.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 933 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc increased its position in Amkor Technology by 91.2% in the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 937 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 447 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in shares of Amkor Technology by 1,050.4% during the 2nd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,369 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 1,250 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 38.8% during the 4th quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 937 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 262 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.76% of the company’s stock.

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.