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$32.26 -0.28 (-0.86%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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KLIC vs. LITE, ALGM, SITM, TSEM, PI, LPL, SIMO, LUNR, VIAV, and NN

Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Lumentum (LITE), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), SiTime (SITM), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), and NextNav (NN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries vs.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of 0.48% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -36.98%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of -1.26% beat Lumentum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kulicke and Soffa Industries0.48% -1.26% -0.98%
Lumentum -36.98%-7.25%-1.76%

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kulicke and Soffa Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kulicke and Soffa Industries$691.08M2.46-$69.01M$0.3689.61
Lumentum$1.47B3.58-$546.50M-$6.45-11.76

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lumentum received 462 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 68.01% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kulicke and Soffa IndustriesOutperform Votes
457
68.01%
Underperform Votes
215
31.99%
LumentumOutperform Votes
919
71.63%
Underperform Votes
364
28.37%

Kulicke and Soffa Industries presently has a consensus target price of $44.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.94%. Lumentum has a consensus target price of $82.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. Given Kulicke and Soffa Industries' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than Lumentum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Lumentum
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

In the previous week, Lumentum had 13 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Lumentum and 6 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Lumentum's score of 1.00 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lumentum
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lumentum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats Lumentum on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KLIC vs. The Competition

MetricKulicke and Soffa IndustriesSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.70B$59.05B$25.06B$8.39B
Dividend Yield2.48%2.19%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio268.8340.8844.3819.71
Price / Sales2.4644.392,068.43120.65
Price / Cash47.3926.4934.7834.62
Price / Book1.776.866.704.50
Net Income-$69.01M$760.21M$739.31M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-4.61%-2.15%-0.97%-0.78%
1 Month Performance5.06%17.82%11.46%11.53%
1 Year Performance-30.35%32.16%52,711.79%8.99%

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
3.2921 of 5 stars
$32.26
-0.9%
$44.50
+37.9%
-32.0%$1.70B$691.08M268.833,170Positive News
LITE
Lumentum
3.8645 of 5 stars
$77.87
-0.1%
$82.20
+5.6%
+66.8%$5.40B$1.47B-10.136,820Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
ALGM
Allegro MicroSystems
1.3167 of 5 stars
$27.12
-1.4%
$27.38
+0.9%
-14.3%$4.99B$725.01M-77.494,040Positive News
Gap Down
SITM
SiTime
0.9154 of 5 stars
$205.90
-2.3%
$215.00
+4.4%
+64.7%$4.88B$229.99M-50.84380Insider Trade
TSEM
Tower Semiconductor
4.1367 of 5 stars
$41.15
+0.1%
$60.00
+45.8%
+8.3%$4.56B$1.47B22.125,552
PI
Impinj
3.8229 of 5 stars
$123.32
-1.4%
$155.38
+26.0%
-33.5%$3.57B$363.54M90.68390News Coverage
Positive News
LPL
LG Display
0.2299 of 5 stars
$3.11
-1.0%
N/A-17.1%$3.11B$26.62T-1.2927,700
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
4.184 of 5 stars
$64.15
+1.5%
$75.88
+18.3%
-19.0%$2.18B$780.73M23.851,430Positive News
High Trading Volume
LUNR
Intuitive Machines
3.5772 of 5 stars
$12.12
-1.9%
$16.44
+35.6%
+126.5%$2.16B$217.31M-4.121Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
4.7479 of 5 stars
$9.28
-0.6%
$12.69
+36.7%
+19.6%$2.07B$1.05B-51.553,600Positive News
NN
NextNav
2.3106 of 5 stars
$13.44
-3.6%
$20.00
+48.8%
+74.7%$1.78B$6.16M-17.9260

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This page (NASDAQ:KLIC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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