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KLIC · NasdaqGS

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials · Singapore

USD 89.30-2.1% daily changeQuote 2026-09-28 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$4.67B
Trailing P/E
40.77x
Forward P/E
15.13x
Quarterly revenue growth
122.6%
Trailing net margin
12.2%
Indicated dividend yield
0.9%

Snapshot 2026-09-28 · Latest financial period 2026-07-04 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-11-18 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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 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 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.

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Q3 FY2026

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Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC) Q3 FY2026 Earnings: The AI Multiple On A Ball-Bonder Boom

Published 2026-08-10

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MetricKLICKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-07-04ACMRACM Research, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-06-30CAMTCamtek Ltd.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-03-31Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$4.67BUS$5.17BUS$6.57BUS$5.87Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate15.13x25.66x29.40x27.53xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA22.37x30.32x50.32x40.32xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter122.6%36.0%2.5%19.2%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter20.7%17.0%22.4%19.7%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap1.2%-3.6%——
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA-2.49x-6.83x-1.32x-4.07xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.04x0.15x0.71x0.43xn=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings40.77x35.02x192.86x113.94xn=2
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share5.12x2.78x10.46x6.62xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue4.52x4.66x13.97x9.31xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter—180.6%-10.0%85.3%n=2
Gross marginTrailing twelve months52.6%43.8%51.0%47.4%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months12.2%14.5%9.6%12.1%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only13.2%11.6%7.6%9.6%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue6.0%-18.0%——
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price0.9%———
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout37.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities3.44x3.66x8.35x6.00xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity1.621.951.591.77n=2

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