NASDAQ:KLIC Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC) Stock Price, News & Analysis $31.84 -0.93 (-2.82%) As of 01:29 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock (NASDAQ:KLIC) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get KLIC alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$31.97▼$32.6750-Day Range$27.65▼$38.2752-Week Range$26.63▼$53.71Volume156,547 shsAverage Volume545,128 shsMarket Capitalization$1.70 billionP/E Ratio267.03Dividend Yield2.58%Price Target$53.25Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company OverviewKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and tools used to assemble semiconductor devices. It operates through four segments: Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS). The company offers ball bonding equipment, wafer level bonding equipment, wedge bonding equipment; and advanced display, die-attach, and thermocompression systems and solutions, as well as tools, spares and services for equipment. It also services, maintains, repairs, and upgrades equipment. The company serves semiconductor device manufacturers, integrated device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, other electronics manufacturers, industrial manufacturers, foundry service providers, and automotive electronics suppliers primarily in the United States and the Asia/Pacific region. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.Read More… Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks83rd Percentile Overall ScoreKLIC MarketRank™: Kulicke and Soffa Industries scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 401st out of 654 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.4 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingKulicke and Soffa Industries has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageKulicke and Soffa Industries has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.9 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth86.02% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries are expected to grow by 86.02% in the coming year, from $0.93 to $1.73 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Kulicke and Soffa Industries is 267.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.01.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Kulicke and Soffa Industries is 267.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 43.12.Price to Book Value per Share RatioKulicke and Soffa Industries has a P/B Ratio of 1.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Kulicke and Soffa Industries' valuation and earnings. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted4.83% of the float of Kulicke and Soffa Industries has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverKulicke and Soffa Industries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Kulicke and Soffa Industries has recently decreased by 17.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend YieldKulicke and Soffa Industries pays a meaningful dividend of 2.55%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthKulicke and Soffa Industries has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Kulicke and Soffa Industries is 683.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Kulicke and Soffa Industries will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.40% next year. This indicates that Kulicke and Soffa Industries will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about Kulicke and Soffa Industries' dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Percentage of Shares Shorted4.83% of the float of Kulicke and Soffa Industries has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverKulicke and Soffa Industries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Kulicke and Soffa Industries has recently decreased by 17.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. News and Social Media3.0 / 5News Sentiment1.38 News SentimentKulicke and Soffa Industries has a news sentiment score of 1.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.75 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Kulicke and Soffa Industries this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week. Company Ownership1.7 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Kulicke and Soffa Industries insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 3.40% of the stock of Kulicke and Soffa Industries is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions98.22% of the stock of Kulicke and Soffa Industries is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Kulicke and Soffa Industries' insider trading history. Receive KLIC Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address KLIC Stock News HeadlinesKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC): One of the Top Dividend Challengers in 2025May 6 at 6:48 AM | insidermonkey.comKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC): One of the Top Dividend Challengers in 2025May 6 at 6:14 AM | msn.comThink NVDA’s run was epic? You ain’t seen nothin’ yetAsk most investors and they’ll probably tell you Nvidia is the undisputed AI stock of the decade. In 2023, it surged 239%. And in 2024, it soared another 171% on the year… But what if I told you there was a way to target those types of “peak Nvidia” profit opportunities in 24 hours or less?May 6, 2025 | Timothy Sykes (Ad)Brokerages Set Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) Target Price at $52.00April 29, 2025 | americanbankingnews.comKulicke & Soffa Schedules Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call for 8:00 AM ET, May 7th, 2025April 22, 2025 | prnewswire.comCraig-Hallum Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC)April 2, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.comKulicke & Soffa to wind down Electronics Assembly businessApril 1, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.comBRIEF-Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc - To Cease Electronics Assembly Equipment Business - SEC FilingMarch 31, 2025 | sg.finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines KLIC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have KLIC shares performed this year? Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock was trading at $46.66 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, KLIC shares have decreased by 31.3% and is now trading at $32.0660. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were Kulicke and Soffa Industries' earnings last quarter? Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.01. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.26% and a net margin of 0.48%. Read the conference call transcript. How will Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock buyback program work? Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Board of Directors authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, November 13th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $300,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 11.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued. Who are Kulicke and Soffa Industries' major shareholders? Top institutional investors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.06%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (2.69%), OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd (0.86%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Fusen Ernie Chen, Nelson Munpun Wong, Peter T M Kong, Chan Pin Chong, Lester A Wong, Chin Hu Lim, Stephen Ray Drake and Robert Nestor Chylak. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries? Shares of KLIC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Kulicke and Soffa Industries own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Kulicke and Soffa Industries investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX) and PayPal (PYPL). Company Calendar Last Earnings2/04/2025Record date for 4/8 Dividend3/20/2025Ex-Dividend for 4/8 Dividend3/20/2025Dividend Payable4/08/2025Today5/06/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)5/06/2025Fiscal Year End9/30/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorComputer and Technology Industry Semiconductors & related devices Sub-IndustryElectronic Equipment Current SymbolNASDAQ:KLIC CIK56978 Webwww.kns.com Phone(215) 784-6000Fax65-6880-9580Employees3,170Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$53.25 High Stock Price Target$60.00 Low Stock Price Target$50.00 Potential Upside/Downside+65.3%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.75 Research Coverage4 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.12 Trailing P/E Ratio268.88 Forward P/E Ratio34.65 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$-69,010,000.00 Net Margins0.48% Pretax Margin3.29% Return on Equity-1.26% Return on Assets-0.98% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio5.99 Quick Ratio4.90 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$701.17 million Price / Sales2.45 Cash Flow$0.68 per share Price / Cash Flow47.39 Book Value$18.22 per share Price / Book1.77Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares53,383,000Free Float51,568,000Market Cap$1.72 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.53 The Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2025Discover the 10 Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2025 and secure reliable income in uncertain markets. 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