Investors Buy Large Volume of Call Options on Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR)

Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) was the target of unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Investors acquired 4,916 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 80% compared to the typical daily volume of 2,732 call options.

Amkor Technology Stock Performance

AMKR opened at $30.61 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $7.57 billion, a PE ratio of 24.89 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $21.45. Amkor Technology has a fifty-two week low of $14.03 and a fifty-two week high of $33.54.

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.42 billion. Amkor Technology had a return on equity of 7.23% and a net margin of 4.80%.The company’s revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.27 EPS. Amkor Technology has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.340-0.480 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Amkor Technology will post 1.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Amkor Technology Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.0827 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 3rd. This represents a $0.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Amkor Technology’s dividend payout ratio is presently 26.83%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. UBS Group lifted their target price on Amkor Technology from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. B. Riley lifted their target price on Amkor Technology from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on Amkor Technology from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen raised Amkor Technology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Amkor Technology in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $20.00 target price on the stock. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $26.44.

Insider Buying and Selling at Amkor Technology

In related news, major shareholder Sujoda Management, Llc purchased 441,589 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $21.85 per share, for a total transaction of $9,648,719.65. Following the transaction, the insider owned 3,789,479 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $82,800,116.15. This trade represents a 13.19% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Farshad Haghighi sold 11,792 shares of Amkor Technology stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.00, for a total value of $294,800.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,354 shares in the company, valued at $208,850. The trade was a 58.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 36,792 shares of company stock worth $948,500. Corporate insiders own 26.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Amkor Technology

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 21.5% in the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,640 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 467 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 24.5% in the second quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 548 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 7.6% in the second quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 8,082 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $170,000 after purchasing an additional 573 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 9.2% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 8,074 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $229,000 after purchasing an additional 678 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Systems of Alabama lifted its holdings in shares of Amkor Technology by 0.6% in the second quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 138,900 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,916,000 after purchasing an additional 817 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.