Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KLIC shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' shares. Their KLIC share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $61.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.1% from the stock's current price.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock was trading at $44.26 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KLIC shares have increased by 20.0% and is now trading at $53.11.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.12. The semiconductor company earned $173 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $171.01 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.08% and a net margin of 21.19%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 55.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.95 EPS.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, April 10th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 22nd.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.42%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 21.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KLIC will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 3rd 2022, which permits the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 13.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.29-$0.35 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $170-$210 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $208.66 million.

31 employees have rated Kulicke and Soffa Industries Chief Executive Officer Fusen Chen on Glassdoor.com. Fusen Chen has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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Kulicke and Soffa Industries trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KLIC."

Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.34%), American Century Companies Inc. (5.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.02%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.85%), State Street Corp (3.53%) and LSV Asset Management (2.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Chan Pin Chong, Chin Hu Lim, Fusen Ernie Chen, Gregory F Milzcik, Lester A Wong, Nelson Munpun Wong, Robert Nestor Chylak, Stephen Ray Drake and Zamir Shai Soloveizik.
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One share of KLIC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.11.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) has a market capitalization of $3.00 billion and generates $1.50 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $433.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,167 workers across the globe.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries' mailing address is 23A SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5 #01-01, SINGAPORE U0, 554369. The official website for the company is www.kns.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (215) 784-6000, via email at jelgindy@kns.com, or via fax at 65-6880-9580.