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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Singapore, Singapore | NasdaqGS
80.92 USD -2.13 (-2.565%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is built on a massive divergence between the company's deteriorating stock price and its explosive fundamental recovery. While the share count has been crushed by a 13% drop in the trailing twelve months, the underlying business is firing on all cylinders with revenue growth soaring to +122.6% and a forward P/E of just 15.6x, implying the market is pricing in a severe recession or permanent demand destruction that the data contradicts. The balance sheet is pristine with minimal debt and strong cash flow, supporting a 'buy and hold' thesis for the turnaround story. However, the short-term outlook remains murky due to the recent price weakness and a low-confidence statistical forecast, suggesting the market is still digesting the transition. The dividend is modest but stable, offering a small floor, but the real alpha lies in the potential for a multiple expansion as the gap between the depressed stock price and the high-quality earnings growth closes.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.089700
MSTL0.101245
AutoETS0.105200
AutoARIMA0.105200

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 1.33
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.174
Excess Kurtosis -1.22
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-16
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 4.18
Revenue per Share 18.186
Market Cap 4,234,471,936
Trailing P/E 37.12
Forward P/E 13.71
Beta 1.56
Profit Margins 12.18%
Website https://www.kns.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upside move, evidenced by heavy out-of-the-money call open interest at strikes like $120 and $130, alongside a volume spike at $130. While there is some defensive put buying at lower strikes ($75-$110), the imbalance in open interest and the specific volume surge at distant strikes suggest a bullish bet on a breakout above current levels rather than a fear of a crash.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.25% 1.17% 1.64% 1.57%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-17 0.205 0.250244
2026-06-18 0.205 0.168212
2026-03-19 0.205 0.307070
2025-12-18 0.205 0.449463
2025-09-18 0.205 0.476412
2025-06-18 0.205 0.602233
2025-03-20 0.205 0.571190
2024-12-19 0.205 0.435522
2024-09-19 0.200 0.469043
2024-06-20 0.200 0.425170
2024-03-22 0.200 0.404285
2023-12-20 0.200 0.373483
2023-09-20 0.190 0.398992
2023-06-21 0.190 0.336105
2023-03-22 0.190 0.366795
2022-12-21 0.190 0.409395
2022-09-21 0.170 0.417076
2022-06-22 0.170 0.395073
2022-03-23 0.170 0.288233
2021-12-22 0.170 0.304387
2021-09-22 0.140 0.211896
2021-06-23 0.140 0.252252
2021-03-24 0.140 0.310215
2020-12-23 0.140 0.425791
2020-09-24 0.120 0.537394
2020-06-25 0.120 0.559963
2020-03-26 0.120 0.535714
2019-12-26 0.120 0.440529
2019-09-26 0.120 0.508044
2019-06-27 0.120 0.532623
2019-03-27 0.120 0.554273
2018-12-26 0.120 0.619515
2018-09-26 0.120 0.499168
2018-06-27 0.120 0.513040
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.82
dividendYield 0.99
exDividendDate 2026-09-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.82
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.00987357
lastDividendValue 0.205
lastDividendDate 2026-09-17
dividendDate 2026-10-07

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.1371591
Address1 23A Serangoon North Avenue 5
Address2 #01-01
All Time High 135.8
All Time Low 0.039063
Ask 104.06
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Daily Volume10 Day 540,620
Average Daily Volume3 Month 805,021
Average Volume 805,021
Average Volume10Days 540,620
Beta 1.555
Bid 58.73
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 3
Book Value 17.426
City Singapore
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country Singapore
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 80.92
Current Ratio 3.444
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 82.26
Day Low 80.25
Debt To Equity 4.18
Display Name Kulicke and Soffa Industries
Dividend Date 1,791,331,200
Dividend Rate 0.82
Dividend Yield 0.99
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,017,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,017,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,795,032,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,795,032,000
Ebitda 191,920,000
Ebitda Margins 0.20198
Enterprise To Ebitda 20.152
Enterprise To Revenue 4.07
Enterprise Value 3,867,478,016
Eps Current Year 3.86333
Eps Forward 5.90333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.18
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,603,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 65 6880 9580
Fifty Day Average 87.9006
Fifty Day Average Change -6.9805984
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.07941469
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 113.71591
Fifty Two Week High 135.8
Fifty Two Week High Change -54.880005
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.40412372
Fifty Two Week Low 35.02
Fifty Two Week Low Change 45.899998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.3106796
Fifty Two Week Range 35.02 - 135.8
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.4
Float Shares 50,516,958
Forward Eps 5.90333
Forward P E 13.707518
Free Cashflow 57,164,124
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 2,551
Fullday Change -2.130005
Fullday Change Percent -2.5647259
Fullday Price 80.92
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.52641
Gross Profits 500,199,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.035439998
Held Percent Institutions 0.92070997
Implied Shares Outstanding 52,329,115
Industry Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry Disp Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry Key semiconductor-equipment-materials
Ir Website http://investor.kns.com/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,789,603,200
Last Dividend Value 0.205
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,536,000
Last Split Date 965,088,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and consumables in China, the United States, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS). The company provides services used to assemble semiconductor devices, such as integrated circuits, power discretes, light-emitting diode (LEDs), and sensors. It also offers ball bonding equipment, wafer level bonding equipment, and wedge-related bonding equipment; and advanced display, die-attach, and thermocompression systems and solutions, as well as tools, spares, and services for equipment. In addition, the company services, maintains, repairs, and upgrades equipment; and sells consumable aftermarket solutions and services. It serves integrated device manufacturers, outsourced wedge and wedge semiconductor assembly and test providers, other electronics manufacturers, foundry service providers, and automotive electronics suppliers primarily in the United States and the Asia/Pacific region. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Long Name Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,234,471,936
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_283588
Most Recent Quarter 1,783,123,200
Net Income To Common 115,739,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,791,072,000
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,683,979,083
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 81.99
Operating Cashflow 55,116,000
Operating Margins 0.20661
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.3755
Peg Ratio 2.38
Phone 65 6880 9600
Previous Close 83.05
Price Eps Current Year 20.945662
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.6436357
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.45634
Profit Margins 0.121800005
Quick Ratio 2.637
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -2.130005
Regular Market Change Percent -2.5647259
Regular Market Day High 82.26
Regular Market Day Low 80.25
Regular Market Day Range 80.25 - 82.26
Regular Market Open 81.99
Regular Market Previous Close 83.05
Regular Market Price 80.92
Regular Market Time 1,792,168,866
Regular Market Volume 262,096
Return On Assets 0.08999
Return On Equity 0.13231
Revenue Growth 1.226
Revenue Per Share 18.186
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 52,329,115
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.041500002
Shares Short 2,169,918
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,064,811
Short Name Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I
Short Percent Of Float 0.0513
Short Ratio 2.95
Source Interval 15
Symbol KLIC
Target High Price 115.0
Target Low Price 100.0
Target Mean Price 106.66667
Target Median Price 105.0
Total Cash 516,572,992
Total Cash Per Share 9.872
Total Debt 38,118,000
Total Revenue 950,212,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.82
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.00987357
Trailing Eps 2.18
Trailing P E 37.119263
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 85.07695
Two Hundred Day Average Change -4.156952
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.048861083
Type Disp Equity
Volume 262,096
Website https://www.kns.com
Zip 554,369