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

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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, January 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 26th. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Dividend History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, January 31st 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 14th. The semiconductor company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. The semiconductor company earned $139.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $140.11 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a net margin of 2.16% and a return on equity of 3.72%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 24.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.45 earnings per share. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Earnings History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries issued an update on its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$130-150 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$141.04 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Kulicke and Soffa Industries' share price to reach $29.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

3 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Headlines about KLIC stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kulicke and Soffa Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,150,000 shares, an increase of 9.8% from the December 15th total of 2,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 346,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.1 days. Currently, 5.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.51%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.36%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.12%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock include Brian R Bachman, Deepak Sood, Gregory F Milzcik and Peter T M Kong. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

KLIC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

KLIC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have bought Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock in the last two years include 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KLIC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.64.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a market capitalization of $1.76 billion and generates $540.05 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $11.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.46 on an earnings per share basis. Kulicke and Soffa Industries employs 2,614 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

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]