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 paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 program on Tuesday, July 10th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 31st. The semiconductor company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.03. The semiconductor company earned $221.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

4 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.50 to $38.00. On average, they expect Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock price to reach $29.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

Some companies that are related to Kulicke and Soffa Industries include United Microelectronics (UMC), SUMCO Corp/ADR (SUOPY), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Cavium (CAVM), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Semiconductor Manufacturing Int'l (SMI), First Solar (FSLR), Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), Cree (CREE), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Integrated Device Technology (IDTI), Mellanox Technologies (MLNX), AU Optronics (AUO), Advantest (ATEYY) and Semtech (SMTC).

News coverage about KLIC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kulicke and Soffa Industries earned a news impact score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.92 out of 100, meaning that recent media 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (1.09%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.60%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.30%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.21%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%). 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, 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 Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold Kulicke and Soffa Industries company stock in the last year include Brian R Bachman, Deepak Sood 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Foundry Partners LLC, James Investment Research Inc. and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $27.41.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a market capitalization of $1.89 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]