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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

$KLIC·$4.8B·Semiconductors·Technology
$96.97+1.2%YTD+100.5%1Y+153.9%
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Price updated 14m ago·X counts updated 19h ago
KLKLIC
$KLICKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
$96.97+1.22%19 posts+36%
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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 2026-08-14

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

Kulicke & Soffa Q3 revenue $330M (+122% YoY) crushed the $312M est; Q4 guide $375M ± $20M — TCB expected to grow >70% in FY26 and exceed $100M, AI packaging drives the ramp.

K&S four-quarter revenue is $148M → $178M → $200M → $243M with EPS -$0.06 → $0.12 → $0.32 → $0.67 at ~46-50% gross margin — Q3 (per X) hit $330.4M vs $312M consensus, adj EPS $1.20 vs $1.01, and Q4 guided to $375M ± $20M ($1.42 EPS) vs consensus meaningfully lower.

  • Consensus FY26 (Sep-year) revenue $1.08B / EPS $3.41 walking to $1.29B / $4.43 FY27 and $1.37B / $4.50 FY28 (2 analysts) — model likely gets revised up next report given the size of the Q3 beat and Q4 guide raise.
  • TCB (thermal compression bonding) is projected to grow at least 70% in FY26 and exceed $100M; memory revenue +93% QoQ; Advanced Solutions facility completing H2 FY27 — the AI-packaging tailwind is a real capacity driver, not just a narrative.
  • +154% over 12 months, +100% YTD, position 60% of 52-week range, -10% below 50-day (recent digestion) and +27% above 200-day MA, beta 1.64, float 50.6M, debt/equity 0.05 — pristine balance sheet with room to run above the 52-week midpoint.

Next print 2026-11-18 (FY-close) is where FY27 guide arrives and the TCB / advanced-packaging trajectory either extends into a fresh acceleration or normalizes.

Agrees with X sentimentX cites Q3 $330M vs $312M est, EPS $1.20 vs $1.01, Q4 guide $375M ± $20M / $1.42 EPS, TCB >70% growth in FY26, and Advanced Solutions facility timing — those are hard operational data points from the print, so the crowd view is factually anchored.

What to watch: November 18 Q4/FY-close print — FY27 revenue/EPS guide vs $1.29B/$4.43 consensus, TCB revenue attribution, memory-segment growth, and Advanced Solutions facility timeline.

On the calendar: 2026-11-18 — Q4 FY26 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

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

Neutral — Makes wire bonding, flip-chip, and advanced packaging equipment plus consumables for semiconductor assembly worldwide; limited read-through from semiconductors macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+56.0%YTD
+95.5%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 $1.14

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.60%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.-10.3%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.+27.2%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$154KSellFeb 25Richardson David JeffreyDirector9.4K sh$676K
+ 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
+ 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.

Kulicke and Soffa: AI Packaging Is Creating A New Growth Engineseekingalpha.com·2d agoKulicke and Soffa Industries Q3 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·8d agoKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·8d agoKLIC Q2 Earnings Call Highlights TCB Capacity Expansionzacks.com·8d agoKulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimateszacks.com·9d ago

In themes

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AI InfrastructureSemiconductor OnshoringAdvanced Packaging & AI Interconnect

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