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 announced 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, January 31st 2019, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 14th. The semiconductor company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 3.72% and a net margin of 2.16%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 24.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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 updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share 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 brokerages 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' stock price to reach $29.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% 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.

News headlines about KLIC stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kulicke and Soffa Industries earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 currently 9.1 days. Approximately 5.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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 $27.63.

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]