Kulicke & SoffaKLIC
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: 3,025
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
17% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 34 | Existing positions closed: 29
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 277 [Q1] → 282 (+5) [Q2]
2% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $13.9M | Put options by funds: $13.7M
0.41% less ownership
Funds ownership: 93.62% [Q1] → 93.22% (-0.41%) [Q2]
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 103 | Existing positions reduced: 105
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.65B [Q1] → $2.54B (-$111M) [Q2]
33% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 2 (-1) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
TD Cowen Krish Sankar 43% 1-year accuracy 9 / 21 met price target | 1%upside $45 | Hold Maintained | 8 Aug 2024 |
Craig-Hallum Christian Schwab 43% 1-year accuracy 10 / 23 met price target | 12%upside $50 | Buy Maintained | 8 Aug 2024 |