Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC)

• Market cap: $1.55B
• 1 day: -0.68%
• 5 days: -1.19%
• 1 month: -21.03%
• 3 months: -38.52%
• 6 months: -35.59%
• Year to date: -38.12%
• 1 year: -36.86%
• 5 years: 20.50%
• 10 years: 86.42%
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

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

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

60% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 48 | Existing positions closed: 30

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 276 [Q3] → 290 (+14) [Q4]

1.15% more ownership

Funds ownership: 91.85% [Q3] → 93.0% (+1.15%) [Q4]

7% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 102 | Existing positions reduced: 95

3% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.26B [Q3] → $2.34B (+$78M) [Q4]

25% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $5.42M | Put options by funds: $7.26M

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 1 (-1) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $53 82% upside
• Avg. target: $53 82% upside
• High target: $53 82% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Needham Charles Shi 6% 1-year accuracy 4 / 72 met price target

82% upside $53

Buy Reiterated

6 Feb 2025