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Amkor Technology, Inc.

Hot onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normMoving on elevated volumeBacked by solid revenue growth
$AMKR·$16B·Semiconductors·Technology
$45.72+0.1%YTD+11.3%1Y+186.0%
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AMAMKR
$AMKRAmkor Technology, Inc.
$45.72+0.07%1.4k posts+12%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $AMKR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersSelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-29

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

A clean Q2 double beat and the stock crashed 23% — an AI-cycle packaging story on the discount rack, with the tape now the risk more than the fundamentals.

Amkor is the second-largest outsourced chip-packaging and test provider — the essential middleman that turns TSMC wafers into finished packages, including the CoWoS advanced packaging that Nvidia's AI accelerators depend on. It just reported a clean Q2 beat and the stock crashed 23% on Q3 guidance, the moment where a fundamentally intact story goes on the discount rack.

  • Q2 revenue hit $1.90B (+26% YoY, a Q2 record) with $0.70 EPS versus $0.49 consensus, and Nvidia's $1.5B prepayment under a multi-year strategic packaging partnership is the kind of downstream capital commitment that locks in AI-cycle share — this isn't a broken thesis, it's a repriced one.
  • The Q3 guide of $1.95-$2.05B versus $2.10B consensus is what triggered the sell-off — roughly a $50M miss on a $2B run-rate, small in absolute terms — and the market treated it as if it were a full-year cut, which is what happens when a stock is priced for perfection.
  • The strategic setup arguably improves on the pullback: first US-made Nvidia GB300 chips are rolling off the TSMC Arizona line, and Amkor's CoWoS localization is the required final step — the U.S.-made AI-chip supply chain runs through this company by construction.
  • The tape sits at 33% of the 52-week range on a volume multiplier of 3.4x — heavy distribution, the kind of hostile tape that either finds support and rebases or grinds lower into the Oct 26 Q3 print.
  • Insider activity is mixed: Kim-family entities exercised ~1.35M options in mid-July at ~$9.65 (long-tenured, neutral), and separate officers ran small routine option-exercise-then-sell trades in the $65-$86 range before the guide cut — not a bearish cluster on its own, but nothing supporting the pullback either.

The next print on Oct 26 is the moment to see whether the Q3 guide was inventory work-off or real slowdown in packaging demand — a beat that reclaims the pre-drop range confirms the story was intact, and another light guide starts a real de-rating.

Agrees with X sentimentX is right that this was a double beat with a clear structural Nvidia catalyst and a UBS upgrade to Buy at a $90 target — the counter-signal the corpus itself flags (a 23% post-earnings sell-off despite the beat) is the correct one to weigh; the market is punishing pricing perfection, not the fundamentals.

What to watch: Oct 26 Q3 earnings. Watch for reclaim of the pre-drop range, advanced-packaging (ATP) revenue trajectory, and any GB300 volume commentary — a beat resumes the trend; a repeat of light guidance signals AI-packaging demand is normalizing faster than modeled and confirms the de-rating.

On the calendar: 2026-10-26 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment⚠77 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-28 · top-engagement diverged

Amkor's Q2 print was a clean double beat with revenue at $1.90B (+26% YoY, a Q2 record) and EPS at $0.70 (+218% YoY) beating $0.49 estimates, but Q3 revenue guidance came in at $1.95-2.05B versus $2.10B expected. The bigger catalyst is Nvidia's $1.5B prepayment under a multi-year strategic packaging partnership, and UBS upgraded to Buy with a $90 target. Bulls point to the first US-made GB300 chips rolling off the TSMC Arizona line, CoWoS as the final localization step. Bears note that after a 20% AH pop the stock erased all the gains on the day.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Provides outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services, a key supply-chain link for mobile and advanced compute chips.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AMKR.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $AMKR

Neutral — Provides outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services, a key supply-chain link for mobile and advanced compute chips; limited read-through from semiconductors macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
36.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
7.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
10.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
14.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 27, 2026$0.70$0.47+48.9%
Q1 2026Apr 27, 2026$0.33$0.23+43.5%
Q4 2025Feb 9, 2026$0.69$0.43+60.5%
Q3 2025Oct 27, 2025$0.51$0.42+21.4%
Next earningsMon, Oct 26·consensus EPS $0.70

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.7B+27.5%14.2%6.0%$0.34$-79.5M
Q4 FY25$1.9B+15.9%16.7%9.8%$0.69$212.4M
Q3 FY25$2.0B+6.7%14.3%8.0%$0.51$-77.9M
Q2 FY25$1.5B+3.4%12.0%6.1%$0.22$112.3M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.6B$7.6B – $7.7B$2.08$2.07 – $2.097
FY27$8.5B$8.3B – $8.6B$2.28$2.13 – $2.436
FY28$9.2B$8.6B – $9.6B$2.89$2.75 – $2.977
FY29$10.3B$10.0B – $10.7B$3.64$3.49 – $3.823

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.3.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.33%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-36.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-14.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 108.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today18.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.215-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 16Mark N RogersEVP & General Counsel5.0K sh$326KSellJul 14Megan FaustCFO1.0K sh$70KSellJun 16Mark N RogersEVP & General Counsel5.0K sh$431KSellJun 12Winston J ChurchillDirector5.0K sh$391KSellJun 9Megan FaustCFO1.0K sh$70KSellMay 19Megan FaustCFO1.0K sh$65KSellMay 18Mark N RogersEVP & General Counsel5.0K sh$358KSellMay 11Gil C. TilyDirector15.0K sh$1.2MSellMay 8Rutten Guillaume Marie JeanDirector50.0K sh$3.7MSellMay 5Douglas A AlexanderDirector343 sh$26K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 218-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) filed an 8-K on May 21, 2026 under Item 7.01 (Regulation FD Disclosure). Amkor is a Tempe, Arizona-based semiconductor packaging and test services company listed on Nasdaq. Reg FD disclosures typically accompany investor presentations; updates from a major OSAT company often relate to customer program wins, guidance revisions, or capacity announcements.

8-KShareholder voteMay 198-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) filed an 8-K on May 13, 2026 disclosing annual shareholder meeting vote results (Item 5.07). Amkor is a Tempe, Arizona-based semiconductor packaging and test services company listed on Nasdaq. Annual meeting results are routine governance disclosures.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 58-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale
AI summary

AMKR entered into a indenture (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-05-05). Size: approximately $1,150,000,000. Rate: 0.00%. Due 2031. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 5SC 13D/A
AI summary

James J. Kim filed an amended Schedule 13D on AMKR disclosing beneficial ownership (511,645.00 shares) as of 2026-05-05. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

3/ANew insider — initial holdingsMar 163/A
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentFeb 17SC 13D/A
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 23
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 28-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Why Amkor Plunged Todayfool.com·1d agoAmkor Tech Scores an Earnings Beat and the Stock Plummets 23%barrons.com·1d agoAmkor Technology Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Rise Y/Yzacks.com·1d agoAMKR Q2 Earnings Call Highlights AI Ramp and Margin Gainszacks.com·1d agoAmkor Sells Off After Earnings—Why Weak Guidance Isn't the Real Storymarketbeat.com·1d ago

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