Kulicke & SoffaKLIC
KLIC
About: Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc is a United States-based company that is principally engaged in designing, manufacturing, and selling capital equipment and expendable tools that are used for assembling semiconductor devices. The company has four reportable segments which includes Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services. Its Ball Bonding Equipment segment which generates the majority of the revenue for the company includes results of the company from the design, development, manufacture and sale of ball bonding equipment and wafer level bonding equipment. The majority of its customers are located in the Asia-pacific region.
Employees: 2,746
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Funds holding %
of 6,809 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 3 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
35% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $8.88M | Put options by funds: $6.57M
5% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 105 | Existing positions reduced: 100
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q2] → 2 (+0) [Q3]
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 283 [Q2] → 276 (-7) [Q3]
3.02% less ownership
Funds ownership: 94.88% [Q2] → 91.86% (-3.02%) [Q3]
13% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.59B [Q2] → $2.26B (-$328M) [Q3]
16% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 37 | Existing positions closed: 44
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$50
6%
upside
Avg. target
$55
17%
upside
High target
$60
28%
upside
3 analyst ratings
2 positive
67%
1 neutral
33%
0 negative
0%
TD Cowen Krish Sankar 42% 1-year accuracy 11 / 26 met price target | 7%upside $50 | Hold Maintained | 15 Nov 2024 |
DA Davidson Thomas Diffely 22% 1-year accuracy 2 / 9 met price target | 28%upside $60 | Buy Maintained | 15 Nov 2024 |
Needham Charles Shi 31% 1-year accuracy 24 / 78 met price target | 17%upside $55 | Buy Upgraded | 15 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
14 Upcoming Dividend Increases
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Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Kulicke & Soffa Completes Share Repurchase Program
$900 Million Cumulatively Deployed in Share Repurchase Programs Initiates New $300 Million Share Repurchase Program SINGAPORE , Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that it has completed its $800 million share repurchase program, originally initiated during its fiscal fourth quarter of 2017. Under this program, K&S repurchased approximately 22.7 million shares at an average price of approximately $35.25 per share.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Kulicke and Soffa Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Decrease Y/Y
KLIC's Q4 results reflect strong growth in Automotive and Industrial, and Memory end-markets, leading to solid market performance despite challenges.
Positive
Benzinga
1 month ago
Kulicke And Soffa Industries Likely To Win Order From Leading Semiconductor Company, Says Bullish Analyst
Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. KLIC shares were rising in early trading on Friday, after shedding more than 5% this week.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 14, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Joe Elgindy - Director, Investor Relations Fusen Chen - President and Chief Executive Officer Lester Wong - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Steven Kinney Chin - TD Cowen Tom Diffely - D.A. Davidson Dave Duley - Steelhead Securities Charles Shi - Needham Operator Greetings, and welcome to Kulicke and Soffa's 2024 Fourth Quarter Results Earnings Call.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates
Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.34 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.51 per share a year ago.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Kulicke & Soffa Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Results
SINGAPORE , Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S," "our," or the "Company"), today announced the financial results of its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 28, 2024. The Company reported fourth quarter net revenue of $181.3 million, net income of $12.1 million, representing EPS of $0.22 per fully diluted shares, and non-GAAP net income of $18.5 million, representing non-GAAP EPS of $0.34 per fully diluted share.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Kulicke & Soffa Expands Fluxless Thermo-Compression Customer Base
SINGAPORE , Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S", "we" or the "Company"), has received an order from a leading foundry customer for multiple APTURA™ Fluxless TCB systems to support the broadening global adoption of advanced packaging capacity for leading-edge semiconductor production. Kulicke & Soffa continues to actively expand its customer base with APTURA™ – the most advanced Fluxless Thermo-Compression (FTC) system available, and the first to support FTC in a production environment.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Kulicke & Soffa and ROHM Semiconductor Develop New CuFirst™ Hybrid Bonding Process
SINGAPORE , Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S", "we" or the "Company"), in collaboration with ROHM Co., Ltd (TYO: 6963) ("ROHM"), a producer of a wide-range of semiconductor devices, announces a new path to hybrid bonding leveraging Kulicke & Soffa's leading Fluxless Thermo-Compression (FTC) process. Kulicke & Soffa's recently released APTURA™ FTC system, combined with technology innovations from ROHM, have successfully enhanced chip-to-wafer hybrid bonding with the innovative copper-first – CuFirst™ – hybrid solution.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Kulicke & Soffa Raises Quarterly Dividend; Expands Repurchase Authorization
Fifth Consecutive Annual Dividend Raise; Quarterly Dividend Increased to $0.205 New $300 Million Share Repurchase Program SINGAPORE , Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.205 per share of common stock, representing a $0.005 increase over its most recent dividend. This dividend raise highlights the Company's commitment to a consistent shareholder return strategy and will be included in the January 7, 2025 dividend payable to holders of record as of the close of business on December 19, 2024.
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