Kulicke & Soffa Industries

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of capital equipment and tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits (“ICs”), high and low powered discrete devices, light-emitting diodes (“LEDs”), and power modules. The firm operates through the Capital Equipment, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS) segments. The Capital Equipment segment is affected by the industry's internal cyclical and seasonal dynamics in addition to broader macroeconomic factors that can positively or negatively affect company financial performance. The APS segment is more directly tied to semiconductor unit consumption rather than capacity requirements and production capability improvements. The company was founded by Frederick W. Kulicke and Albert Soffa in 1951 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, PA.

Earnings data Q2 2021

Earnings data Q3 2021

Earnings data Q4 2021

Earnings data Q1 2022

Earnings data Q2 2022

Earnings data Q3 2022

Earnings data Q4 2022

Earnings data Q1 2023

Earnings data Q2 2023

Earnings data Q3 2023

Earnings data Q4 2023

Earnings data Q1 2024

Earnings data Q2 2024

Earnings data Q3 2024

Earnings data Q4 2024

Earnings data Q1 2025

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports solid Q1 performance and growth outlook

Kulicke & Soffa Industries showcased steady financial performance in Q1 2023, with strong demand for key solutions and a positive long-term outlook.
While facing challenges from COVID-related revenue reductions and margin pressures, the company is focused on growth opportunities through acquisitions and product advancements.
Anticipated revenue opportunities, market diversification through LUMINEX technology, and strong industry demand position the company for future success.
Engagement in investor conferences and strategic planning for capacity expansion signal a proactive approach to driving growth and shareholder value.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports strong Q2 performance and optimistic outlook

Kulicke & Soffa Industries delivered strong Q2 results, focusing on strategic growth initiatives and future opportunities. Analysts raised questions on industry dynamics and margin improvement strategies. The company remains optimistic about future growth despite challenges.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports robust Q3 performance and growth outlook

Kulicke & Soffa Industries showcased strong performance in Q3 2023 with revenue growth and strategic advancements in key segments. While facing internal control challenges, the company remains optimistic about future growth opportunities and margin improvements. Investors can expect continued focus on innovation and market share gains in the semiconductor industry.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports robust Q4 performance and growth opportunities

Kulicke & Soffa Industries showcased strong performance in Q4 2023, with revenue reaching $202.3 million and notable improvements in key markets.
Despite challenges in managing demand fluctuations and market uncertainties, the company's focus on financial stability, expense control, and customer engagement positions it well for future growth.
Opportunities lie in capitalizing on market trends, advancing in key sectors like automotive and dispense solutions, and enhancing investor communication for sustained growth.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports robust Q1 performance and eyes growth opportunities

Kulicke & Soffa Industries delivered strong financial results in Q1 2024, with a positive outlook for industry growth rates and strategic advancements in key segments.
The company's focus on expanding market share, entering high-growth markets, and driving technology innovation positions it well for future growth opportunities.
While challenges in market uncertainties and competition exist, Kulicke & Soffa Industries remains optimistic about gradual recovery and technology-driven growth in fiscal year 2024.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries anticipates market recoveries and revenue growth

Kulicke & Soffa Industries navigated challenges from Project W cancellation, but remains optimistic about market recoveries and growth opportunities. The company's focus on key technologies and strong order activity position it well for future success.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports solid Q3 earnings, eyes growth opportunities

Kulicke & Soffa Industries demonstrated strong financial performance in Q3 2024, with a positive outlook for the upcoming quarter. The company's focus on industry momentum, collaborations, and market needs positions it well for future growth. While facing challenges in market dynamics, Kulicke & Soffa Industries remains optimistic about its strategic initiatives and growth prospects.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries reports strong Q4 performance and optimistic outlook for fiscal 2025

Kulicke & Soffa Industries' Q4 performance reflects revenue growth and technological advancements, setting a positive trajectory for fiscal 2025.
Strong customer relationships, investor confidence, and a focus on innovation position the company well for future opportunities and growth.
While challenges may arise from market fluctuations and competition, strategic focus on product margins and market dynamics can help navigate potential obstacles.

Revenue

Cost of revenue

Gross profit

Operating expenses

SG&A

Other

Operating income

EBITDA

Net income

Earnings per share

Total assets

Current assets

Cash & equivalents

Receivables

Inventory

Non-current assets

Net PPE

Intangibles

Total liabilities

Current liabilities

Short term debt

Income tax payable

Non-current liabilities

Long-term debt

Total equity

Stockholders equity

Minority interest

Total liabilities & equity

Total debt

Net debt

Book value per share

Cash from operations

Funds from operations

Change in working capital

Cash from investing

Capital expenditure

Purchase/sale of investments

Purchase/sale of business

Other sources

Cash from financing

Change in stock

Change in debt

Cash dividends paid

Cash from other sources

Net change in cash

Free cash flow

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor and electronics assembly solutions. The firm operates through the Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS) segments. The Ball Bonding Equipment segment involves the design, development, manufacture and sale of wafer level bonding equipment. The APS segment includes the variety of tools, spares and services for the equipment. The company was founded by Frederick W. Kulicke and Albert Soffa in 1951 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, PA.

Albany International

Carrier Global

Ecolab

Enterprise Financial Services

Eastman Chemical

Fidelity National Financial

Hillenbrand

Leidos Hld

Merck

PulteGroup

Regency Centers

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

I focus on companies consistently increasing dividends and beating benchmarks, using data from the U.S. Dividend Champions spreadsheet and NASDAQ. The list includes companies with at least five years of dividend growth, sorted by ex-dividend date and dividend streak. I prioritize stocks with strong historical returns and high 10-year dividend growth rates, comparing them to ETF benchmarks like SCHD.

14 Upcoming Dividend Increases

$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.

Kulicke & Soffa Completes Share Repurchase Program

KLIC's Q4 results reflect strong growth in Automotive and Industrial, and Memory end-markets, leading to solid market performance despite challenges.

Kulicke and Soffa Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Decrease Y/Y

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. KLIC shares were rising in early trading on Friday, after shedding more than 5% this week.

Kulicke And Soffa Industries Likely To Win Order From Leading Semiconductor Company, Says Bullish Analyst

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.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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.

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates

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.

Kulicke & Soffa Expands Fluxless Thermo-Compression Customer Base

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.

Kulicke & Soffa Raises Quarterly Dividend; Expands Repurchase Authorization

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.

Kulicke & Soffa Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Results

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.

Kulicke & Soffa and ROHM Semiconductor Develop New CuFirst™ Hybrid Bonding Process

SINGAPORE , Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly equipment, today announced that a conference call is scheduled to discuss the Company's fourth fiscal quarter 2024 financial results and its business outlook, on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 8:00 am EST. The Company will issue its fourth fiscal quarter 2024 financial results in the evening of Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at approximately 4:00 pm EST.

Kulicke & Soffa Schedules Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call for 8:00 AM EST, November 14th, 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #FedermanSherwood--Federman & Sherwood Investigates Kulicke and Soffa Industries (K&S) for Data Breach.

Federman & Sherwood Investigates Kulicke and Soffa Industries (K&S) for Data Breach

Shares of Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc (KLIC, Financial) surged 4.15% in mid-day trading on Oct 2. The stock reached an intraday high of $45.72, before settling at $45.69, up from its previous close of $43.87.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc (KLIC) Stock Price Up 4.15% on Oct 2

SINGAPORE , Aug. 26, 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 $0.20 per share of common stock. This upcoming dividend payment will be made on October 8, 2024 to holders of record as of September 19, 2024.

Kulicke & Soffa Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.20

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC ) Q3 2024 Earnings Call August 7, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Joe Elgindy - Director, Investor Relations Fusen Chen - President and Chief Executive Officer Lester Wong - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Craig Ellis - B. Riley Securities Krish Sankar - TD Cowen Tom Diffely - D.A.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.30 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.55 per share a year ago.

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

Industry Adoption of Advanced Solutions Expands SINGAPORE , Aug. 7, 2024  /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S," "our," or the "Company"), today announced financial results of its third fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2024. The Company reported third quarter net revenue of $181.7 million, net income of $12.3 million, representing EPS of $0.22 per fully diluted share, and non-GAAP net income of $19.3 million, representing non-GAAP EPS of $0.35 per fully diluted share.

Kulicke & Soffa Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results

Several New Customer Wins as TCB Gains Commercial Momentum New Path to Hybrid Bonding Demonstrated through Fluxless TCB K&S Joins Resonac-led "US-Joint" Consortium SINGAPORE , Aug. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S", or the "Company") announced the introduction of its latest APTURA™ Thermo-Compression platform in addition to three new milestones relating to industry adoption of its chiplet-enabling Thermo-Compression technology. Recently, several of Kulicke & Soffa's leading Thermo-Compression offerings have been selected at multiple Assembly & Test customers.

Kulicke & Soffa Announces Thermo-Compression Adoption & Milestones

SINGAPORE , July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly equipment, today announced that a conference call is scheduled to discuss the Company's third fiscal quarter 2024 financial results and its business outlook, on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at 4:30 pm EDT. The Company will issue its third fiscal quarter 2024 financial results in the evening of Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at approximately 4:00 pm EDT.

Kulicke & Soffa Schedules Third Quarter 2024 Conference Call for 4:30 PM EDT, August 7th, 2024

Entegris

The Zacks Electronics - Manufacturing Machinery industry participants like Entegris (ENTG) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC) are benefiting from increased capital spending on high-performance computing, advanced packaging and memory.

2 Electronics Stocks to Watch From a Challenging Industry

NVIDIA

Onto Innovation

One of the big bottlenecks in AI chip production today is in advanced packaging. Advanced packaging technologies are exploding in popularity for AI systems and "chiplet" architectures.

Nvidia Is Leading the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Charge, But These 2 Companies Are Rising Stars

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.95 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.24. This compares to earnings of $0.38 per share a year ago.

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Reports Q2 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates

Focuses on Operational Efficiency; Increases Repurchase Activity SINGAPORE , May 1, 2024 /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 30, 2024. The Company reported second quarter net revenue of $172.1 million, net loss of $102.7 million, representing EPS of $(1.83) per fully diluted share, and non-GAAP net loss of $53.2 million, representing non-GAAP EPS of $(0.95) per fully diluted share.

Kulicke & Soffa Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results

Recovering Capacity & New Technology Needs to Support General Semiconductor Market SINGAPORE , May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S", "we" or the "Company") announced today that the Company received a sizable order from a fast-growing Assembly and Test customer. This sizeable order of 1,000 RAPID™ Pro systems, upgraded with the latest ProSuite response-based bonding and looping processes, will be fulfilled over multiple quarters starting from the fourth fiscal quarter of 2024.

Kulicke & Soffa Announces Sizeable Order for Advanced Ball Bonding

SINGAPORE , April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly equipment, today announced that a conference call is scheduled to discuss the Company's second fiscal quarter 2024 financial results and its business outlook, on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 8:00 am EDT. The Company will issue its second fiscal quarter 2024 financial results in the evening of Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

News for Kulicke & Soffa Industries Stock (KLIC)