NASDAQ:KLIC - Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 28th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 27th. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Dividend History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, August 16th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 7.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 31st. The semiconductor company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.03. The semiconductor company had revenue of $221.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $221.80 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a net margin of 3.84% and a return on equity of 17.55%. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Earnings History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

4 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $18.50 to $36.00. On average, they expect Kulicke and Soffa Industries' share price to reach $28.6250 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 895,395 shares, an increase of 37.1% from the April 30th total of 652,986 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 942,526 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about KLIC stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kulicke and Soffa Industries earned a news impact score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.29 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.62%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.42%), LSV Asset Management (4.96%), Whale Rock Capital Management LLC (4.85%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.29%) and Rubric Capital Management LP (1.18%). Company insiders that own Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock include Brian R Bachman, Fusen Ernie Chen, Garrett E Pierce, Gregory F Milzcik, Irene Lee, Jonathan Chou, Lester A Wong, Nelson Munpun Wong 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 Millennium Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sensato Investors LLC, LSV Asset Management, GSA Capital Partners LLP and O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kulicke and Soffa Industries company stock in the last year include Brian R Bachman and Garrett E Pierce. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

KLIC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rubric Capital Management LP, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., BlackRock Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Olstein Capital Management L.P., Arnhold LLC and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock in the last two years include Fusen Ernie Chen and Gregory F Milzcik. 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 $23.83.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a market capitalization of $1.66 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.

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]