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

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KLIC shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' shares. Their KLIC share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $61.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock was trading at $44.26 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KLIC shares have increased by 27.7% and is now trading at $56.53.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,700,000 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the December 31st total of 8,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 537,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 14.3 days. Currently, 13.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 2nd. The semiconductor company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.13. The semiconductor company had revenue of $176.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $176.49 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a net margin of 25.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.72%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 61.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.19 EPS.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, January 9th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 21st. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17.
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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 1.34%. 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 14.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KLIC will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.89% 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 share repurchase program on Thursday, March 3rd 2022, which allows the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 13.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of ~$0.23-0.28 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.23. The company issued revenue guidance of $150-190 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $172.54 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.90%), Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY (0.54%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.38%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.29%), Bank Hapoalim BM (0.27%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.17%). 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 $56.53.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) has a market capitalization of $3.22 billion and generates $1.50 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $433.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.20 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.