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Stocks (from 11) shares of the semiconductor company’s
stock after buying an additional 878,500
Yahoo! Finance, a few weeks prior to the shares during the quarter.
Q4 earnings (January 27) said, “The stock
seems fairly valued at the moment accord- Morgan Stanley shares
ing to my valuation model. Morgan Stanley owned approximate-
ly 0.51% of Amkor Technology worth
Reasonable price $29,774,000 at the end of the most recent
“It’s trading around 3.49% above my quarter.
intrinsic value, which means if you buy
Amkor Technology today, you’d be paying Stockinvest (February 18), however, says,
a relatively reasonable price for it. And if “In the last 100 trades there were 9.33
you believe the company’s true value is million shares bought and 32.92 million
$20.75, there’s only an insignificant down- shares sold.
side when the price falls to its real value.
“The last trade was done 3 days ago by
“Is there another opportunity to buy low Megan Faust (EVP/CFO) who sold 5,000
in the future? Since Amkor Technology’s shares. In general the insiders are selling
share price is quite volatile, we could po- more stocks than they buy. There can be a
tentially see it sink lower (or rise higher) variety of reasons for this, but in general it
in the future, giving us another chance to can be considered as a negative signal.”
buy.”
Stocks Register reports, Nearly 11.50% of
The commentary in Yahoo’s “Simply Wall next page
Street” adds, “If you’ve been
keeping tabs on AMKR, now
may not be the most optimal
time to buy, given it is trading
around its fair value.

Optimistic prospects
“However, the optimistic pros-
pect is encouraging for the
company, which means it’s
worth further examining other
factors such as the strength
of its balance sheet, in order
to take advantage of the next
price drop.”

According to MarketBeat on
February 7, Morgan Stanley
grew its holdings in Amkor
Technology, Inc. by 231.6% in
the 2nd quarter, according to
the company in its most recent
filing with the SEC.

The firm owned 1,257,869

ports. Credit Suisse Group
lowered Amkor Technology
from an “outperform” rating
to a “neutral” rating and set a
$27.00 price objective on the
stock. in a research report on
Monday, October 11th. Sidoti
initiated coverage on Amkor