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Amkor Technology (AMKR) Soars 12.1%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock?

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Amkor Technology (AMKR - Free Report) shares rallied 12.1% in the last trading session to close at $48.13. This move can be attributable to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares to the stock's 0.7% loss over the past four weeks.

The optimism surrounding the stock can be attributed to product ramps across CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators and memory, supported by growing adoption of 2.5D and High-Density Fan-Out technologies.

This chip packaging and test services provider is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.42 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -2.3%. Revenues are expected to be $1.83 billion, up 12.1% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.

For Amkor Technology, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on AMKR going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>

Amkor Technology is part of the Zacks Electronics - Semiconductors industry. Impinj (PI - Free Report) , another stock in the same industry, closed the last trading session 1.7% lower at $176.78. PI has returned 13.6% in the past month.

For Impinj, the consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $0.5. This represents a change of +4.2% from what the company reported a year ago. Impinj currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).


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