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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

$KLIC·$4.8B·Semiconductors·Technology
$81.03-4.3%YTD+100.5%1Y+114.4%
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KLKLIC
$KLICKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
$81.03-4.30%30 posts-10%
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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.

Driven by hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

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

Kulicke & Soffa +114% TTM — Q3 revenue $330M +122% YoY, TCB >70% growth in FY26, BofNY Mellon $98.78M new investment.

Kulicke & Soffa is a $4.78B semi-equipment (semiconductor packaging/wire bonding) company. Ripping on the AI-packaging thesis — Q3 print blew out expectations.

How it reads:

  • Growth is exceptional: Q1 revenue +49.8% YoY to $243M, Q4 was -18.3% (base-effect from prior cycle) — the pivot back to growth is confirmed.
  • Margins are recovering: 6.9% operating margin (TTM), 16% Q1 op margin, 0.08% FCF yield — the mix improvement is showing.
  • Valuation is stretched: 93.3x PE, 6.7x sales, 57.7x EV/EBITDA on 4.2% ROIC — priced on continued FY26 acceleration.
  • Position is mixed: 49th percentile 52w, 17.8% below 50-day, 8.9% above 200-day on 62% baseline volume — pulling back within uptrend.
  • The Q3 crush (per sample): revenue $330.4M vs $312M est (+122.6% YoY, +36% QoQ), adj EPS $1.20 vs $1.01 est, Q4 guide $375M ± $20M revenue plus $1.42 EPS well above consensus.
  • AI-infrastructure expansion in traditional packaging alongside advanced packaging, memory revenue +93% QoQ, TCB (thermo-compression bonding) expected to grow ≥70% in FY26 exceeding $100M — the specific ramp anchors.
  • BofNY Mellon $98.78M new investment (Aug 25) — significant institutional endorsement.
  • Insider signal is silent: zero transactions in 90-day window — no discretionary distribution or accumulation.

The Nov 18 print is the test — reiterated Q4 $375M ± $20M plus specific commentary on TCB ramp trajectory extends the run; a TCB-ramp slippage or Q4 miss drops to $65 support.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree — the bullish anchors (Q3 crush revenue $330.4M vs $312M est +122.6% YoY +36% QoQ, adj EPS $1.20 vs $1.01 est, Q4 guide $375M ± $20M with $1.42 EPS well above consensus, AI infrastructure expanding packaging alongside advanced packaging, memory revenue +93% QoQ, TCB expected ≥70% growth in FY26 exceeding $100M) map to real signals; the honest add is -17.8% below 50-day means the tape is already digesting the beat.

What to watch: Nov 18 earnings — reiterated Q4 $375M ± $20M plus specific commentary on TCB ramp trajectory extends the run; a TCB-ramp slippage or Q4 miss drops to $65 support.

On the calendar: 2026-11-18 — Q4 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-12

Kulicke & Soffa delivered a Q3 crush with revenue $330.4M (+122.6% YoY, +36% QoQ) vs $312M est and adj EPS $1.20 vs $1.01 est, plus a Q4 guide of $375M ± $20M revenue and $1.42 EPS well above consensus. AI infrastructure is expanding traditional packaging alongside advanced packaging, memory revenue up 93% QoQ, and TCB expected to grow at least 70% in FY26 exceeding $100M. Advanced Solutions facility complete in H2 FY27.

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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

Hyperscaler AI capex keeps Blackwell allocation tight and HBM3e pricing firm; NVDA's data-center backlog and AVGO's networking wins confirm the cycle is not peaking. LLM context-window expansion — the structural demand pull — extends through at least 2H26.

What this means for $KLIC

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+56.0%YTD
+85.1%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
Q2 2026Aug 5, 2026$1.20$1.06+13.2%
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%
Next earningsWed, Nov 18·consensus EPS $1.44

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 – $4.581

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.0.6×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.49%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.-17.8%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.+8.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 50.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.645-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$154K
+ 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

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 173
AI summary

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) filed a Form 3 for Rajendra K. Talluri, a newly appointed Director. Talluri beneficially owns no securities as shown in the available excerpt. This initial filing establishes his reporting-person status at the Singapore-headquartered semiconductor packaging equipment company.

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 178-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC) filed an 8-K under Items 5.02, 7.01, and 9.01, reporting an executive officer or director change and a Regulation FD disclosure effective August 13, 2026. Kulicke & Soffa is a Singapore-headquartered manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment. No specific names or details were available in the excerpt.

8-KShareholder voteMar 58-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 12 other (3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 UPLOADs) in window

Recent news

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

How Much Upside is Left in Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC)? Wall Street Analysts Think 25.67%zacks.com·4d agoKulicke & Soffa Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.205prnewswire.com·4d agoShould You Include KLIC Stock in Portfolio After Solid Q3 Results?zacks.com·6d agoBank of New York Mellon Corp Invests $98.78 Million in Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. $KLICdefenseworld.net·6d agoWhy Kulicke & Soffa Stock Slumped by Nearly 10% Todayfool.com·12d ago

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