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

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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 27th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, January 14th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 26th. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Dividend History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan 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 plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 31st. The semiconductor company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.05. The semiconductor company had revenue of $157.21 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $155 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a net margin of 16.06% and a return on equity of 16.99%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.54 EPS. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Earnings History.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Kulicke and Soffa Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Kulicke and Soffa Industries' share price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Media coverage about KLIC stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kulicke and Soffa Industries earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,879,239 shares, an increase of 44.1% from the January 15th total of 1,304,090 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 673,745 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kulicke and Soffa Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Kulicke and Soffa Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.69%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (6.32%), Royce & Associates LP (6.20%), LSV Asset Management (5.24%) and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (2.20%). Company insiders that own Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock include Brian R Bachman, Deepak Sood, Garrett E Pierce, Gregory F Milzcik, Peter T M Kong 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 Royce & Associates LP, Millennium Management LLC, United Services Automobile Association, KBC Group NV, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Kulicke and Soffa Industries company stock in the last year include Brian R Bachman and Deepak Sood. 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 Principal Financial Group Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, TD Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE and Raymond James & Associates. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KLIC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.47.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a market capitalization of $1.55 billion and generates $889.12 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $56.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.43 on an earnings per share basis. Kulicke and Soffa Industries employs 2,912 workers across the globe.

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]