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 7,312 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
100% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 2 (+1) [Q1 2025]
28% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4.85M | Put options by funds: $3.79M
5% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 102 | Existing positions reduced: 97
0.51% more ownership
Funds ownership: 93.01% [Q4 2024] → 93.52% (+0.51%) [Q1 2025]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 292 [Q4 2024] → 279 (-13) [Q1 2025]
20% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 39 | Existing positions closed: 49
30% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.34B [Q4 2024] → $1.65B (-$693M) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$37
2%
upside
Avg. target
$46
27%
upside
High target
$55
52%
upside
2 analyst ratings
2 positive
100%
0 neutral
0%
0 negative
0%
DA Davidson Thomas Diffely | 52%upside $55 | Buy Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Needham Charles Shi | 2%upside $37 | Buy Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
3 Electronics Stocks to Watch From a Prospering Industry
The Zacks Electronics - Manufacturing Machinery industry participants, such as ENTG, KLIC, and ACLS, are benefiting from strong demand for high-performance computing, advanced packaging and memory.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 days ago
Kulicke & Soffa and Lavorro Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver AI-Enabled Smart Manufacturing Solutions
Empowering Semiconductor Manufacturers with Actionable Insight, Solution Advising, and Expert Knowledge Capture for Scalable Operations SINGAPORE , July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S", "we" or the "Company"), a global leader in semiconductor assembly solutions, and Lavorro Inc. ("Lavorro"), a pioneer in Generative AI for semiconductor manufacturing, announced today a strategic partnership to deliver next-generation smart manufacturing solutions. This collaboration aims to provide customers with actionable insights, expert-guided solution advice, and scalable knowledge reuse – enabling intelligent and data-driven guidance across the semiconductor value chain.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Kulicke & Soffa Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.205
SINGAPORE , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.205 per share of common stock. The dividend payment will be made on July 8, 2025, to shareholders of record as of June 19, 2025.
Negative
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Kulicke And Soffa Industries: Why The Decline May Not Be Over
KLIC fell as a result of tariffs, but it has been moving higher with an easing in the dispute, and some may be willing to bet on this continuing. The latest quarterly report shows that there are more issues facing Kulicke and Soffa Industries than tariffs, as it extended an ongoing slump in demand. There are several reasons why the Company has remained under pressure despite the rebound, all of which need to be resolved for a long position to work.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 7, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Joe Elgindy - Director, IR Fusen Chen - President and CEO Lester Wong - CFO Conference Call Participants Krish Sankar - TD Cowen Tom Diffely - D.A. Davidson Charles Shi - Needham & Co. Craig Ellis - B.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Reports Q2 Loss, Lags Revenue Estimates
Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.52 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.19. This compares to loss of $0.95 per share a year ago.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
Kulicke & Soffa Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results
SINGAPORE , May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S," "our," or the "Company"), today announced financial results of its second fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2025. The Company reported second quarter net revenue of $162.0 million, net loss of $84.5 million, representing EPS of $(1.59) per fully diluted share, and non-GAAP net loss of $27.9 million, representing non-GAAP EPS of $(0.52) per fully diluted share.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 months ago
Kulicke & Soffa Schedules Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call for 8:00 AM ET, May 7th, 2025
SINGAPORE , April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), a global leader in semiconductor assembly technology, today announced that a conference call is scheduled to discuss the Company's second fiscal quarter 2025 financial results and its business outlook, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 8:00 am ET. The Company will issue its second fiscal quarter 2025 financial results in the evening of Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at approximately 4:00 pm ET.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Zacks Industry Outlook Kulicke and Soffa, Axcelis and Veeco
Kulicke and Soffa, Axcelis and Veeco have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
3 Electronics Stocks to Watch From a Challenging Industry
The Zacks Electronics - Manufacturing Machinery industry participants, such as KLIC, ACLS and VECO, are benefiting from increased capital spending on high-performance computing, advanced packaging and memory.
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