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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 50% YoY at strong marginsQuiet on X (37 mentions/wk)
$KLIC·$5.9B·Semiconductors·Technology
$96.90-2.1%YTD+111.5%1Y+181.5%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-07-10: 11 posts2026-07-11: 4 posts2026-07-12: 8 posts2026-07-13: 4 posts2026-07-14: 1 posts2026-07-15: 1 posts2026-07-16: 2 posts370%
Price updated 4m ago·X counts updated 18h ago
KLKLIC
$KLICKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
$96.90-2.14%37 posts0%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $KLIC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Kulicke & Soffa up 111% YTD on AI-packaging tailwind — Q3 in three weeks.

Kulicke and Soffa is a leading provider of semiconductor packaging equipment — wire bonders, wedge bonders, and increasingly advanced-packaging tools for AI accelerators.

What the setup shows:

  • Growth is accelerating: Q2 revenue up 50% YoY to $243M, and the four-quarter growth stack has moved from -18% to -2% to +20% to +50% — real inflection.
  • Margins are improving: operating margin 16% in Q2 (up from -4% in Q3), FCFy 0.1%.
  • The multiple is stretched: 93x trailing earnings and 29x FY27 consensus EPS of $3.41 — priced for continued acceleration.
  • Community-cited role in Intel EMIB die-bond supply chain plus AI-packaging tailwinds is real.
  • Insider action: routine director awards only.
  • Position: 65% of 52-week range, YTD +112%, t12m +181%.
  • Today's -7.8% is a specific mark-down.

The forward view: the August 5 fiscal Q3 print is the referee. A beat with continued 40%+ growth plus specific advanced-packaging customer commentary extends the accelerating leg. What breaks it: an in-line print. What extends: a specific TSMC/Intel EMIB order disclosure.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on KLIC as Intel EMIB supply-chain beneficiary and AI packaging tailwind is directionally right on the setup.

What to watch: August 5 fiscal Q3 earnings and any advanced-packaging customer commentary; an in-line print or TSMC/Intel EMIB order deferral would end the accelerating leg.

On the calendar: 2026-08-05 — Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-02

Kulicke & Soffa is a key player in Intel EMIB supply chain for die bond. Bulls cite AI packaging tailwinds. Sentiment leans quietly bullish.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes wire bonding, flip-chip, and advanced packaging equipment plus consumables for semiconductor assembly worldwide.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KLIC.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $KLIC

Partial — Makes wire bonding, flip-chip, and advanced packaging equipment plus consumables for semiconductor assembly worldwide; the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle is a secondary rather than primary near-term earnings catalyst.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+54.2%YTD
+96.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
93.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
6.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
6.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
48.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.79$0.67+17.9%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$0.44$0.33+33.3%
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$0.28$0.22+26.1%
Q2 2025Aug 6, 2025$0.07$0.06+16.7%
Next earningsWed, Aug 5·consensus EPS $1.00

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$242.6M+49.8%49.5%16.0%$0.67$6.2M
Q1 FY26$199.6M+20.2%49.4%9.7%$0.32$-11.6M
Q4 FY25$177.6M-2.1%45.7%0.5%$0.12$4.4M
Q3 FY25$148.4M-18.3%46.7%-4.1%$-0.06$5.3M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$3.41$3.38 – $3.442
FY27$1.3B$1.3B – $1.3B$4.43$4.04 – $4.812
FY28$1.4B$1.4B – $1.4B$4.50$4.46 – $4.571

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.65%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-9.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+41.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β1.635-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 18Lester A WongCEO60.0K sh$7.3MSellJun 12Wong Nelson MunpunPresident15.0K sh$1.7MSellJun 11Peter T KongDirector1.6K sh$171KSellMay 20Yeo Mui SungDirector20.0K sh$2.0MSellMay 11Lim Zi YaoGeneral Counsel1.5K sh$154KSellFeb 25Richardson David JeffreyDirector9.4K sh$676KSellFeb 13Yeo Mui SungDirector19.1K sh$1.4MSellFeb 10Chylak Robert NestorPresident7.1K sh$520KSellFeb 9Lim Zi YaoGeneral Counsel1.0K sh$72KSellFeb 5Wong Nelson MunpunPresident39.8K sh$2.4M
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+ 12 other (12 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteMar 58-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 13 other (2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 UPLOADs · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc (KLIC) Shares Fall 6.1% -- What GF Score of 68 Tells Investorsgurufocus.com·4d agoWhat Makes Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) a Strong Momentum Stock: Buy Now?zacks.com·16d agoZacks Industry Outlook Kulicke and Soffa , Ultra Clean and Veecozacks.com·21d ago3 Stocks to Buy From the Prospering Electronics Manufacturing Industryzacks.com·22d agoWhat Does a Kulicke and Soffa Senior Vice President's Sale of 15,000 Company Shares for $1.7 Million Mean for Investors?fool.com·28d ago

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AI InfrastructureSemiconductor OnshoringAdvanced Packaging & AI Interconnect

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