NASDAQ:KLIC - Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 26th. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Dividend History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, July 10th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 5.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.11. The semiconductor company earned $221.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $210.01 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a return on equity of 19.51% and a net margin of 6.93%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Earnings History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, November 19th at 6:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8774078037.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries issued an update on its fourth quarter 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $185-185 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $184.88 million.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $18.50 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock price to reach $29.6250 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 45.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

News stories about KLIC stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kulicke and Soffa Industries earned a news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.72%), LSV Asset Management (5.25%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.13%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.63%) and Olstein Capital Management L.P. (0.60%). Company insiders that own Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock include Brian R Bachman, Deepak Sood, Fusen Ernie Chen, Garrett E Pierce, Gregory F Milzcik, Irene Lee, Jonathan Chou, Lester A Wong, Peter T M Kong and Yih-Neng Lee. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

KLIC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Century Companies Inc., Seizert Capital Partners LLC, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Olstein Capital Management L.P. and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Kulicke and Soffa Industries company stock in the last year include Brian R Bachman and Deepak Sood. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

KLIC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Meritage Portfolio Management, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Trexquant Investment LP, Value Holdings Management CO. LLC and Congress Asset Management Co. MA. Company insiders that have bought Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock in the last two years include Fusen Ernie Chen, Gregory F Milzcik and Peter T M Kong. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Shares of KLIC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KLIC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.33.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a market capitalization of $1.40 billion and generates $809 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $126.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.55 on an earnings per share basis. Kulicke and Soffa Industries employs 3,055 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kulicke and Soffa Industries is http://www.kns.com.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries' mailing address is 23A SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5 #01-01, SINGAPORE U0, 554369. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 215-784-6000 or via email at [email protected]