Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Rank #336Capital ReturnKLIC · Nasdaq · Technology
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) — Rank #336 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.21) · ROE 0.0% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000056978 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
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.
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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.
- Industry
- Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
- Sector
- Technology
- State
- PA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- October 3
- Website
- kns.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
$4.12B
P/E (annual)
19682.5
P/S (annual)
6.3
P/B
4.5
P/OCF (annual)
36.3
Shareholder Yield
4.4%
Employees
2,551
Industry
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Exchange
Nasdaq
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
1/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
What Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
18.3%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -4.4% — per-share value needs a total required return of 13.9% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: -2.9%
Cost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
13.4%
r = 10% (base)
18.3%
r = 12%
22.5%
Net debt / market cap: -12.3%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
Disclosure regression check
A previously-disclosed line item is no longer reported. Worth checking the filing for why.
FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.21
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
14th of 17 SIC 3674 peers
Return on equity
0.0%
Gross margin
42.5%
16th of 17 SIC 3674 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
-7.4%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
-24.2%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
1.0%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
-92.1%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
-36.0%
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
—
Current ratio
3.44×
8th of 17 SIC 3674 peers
Quick ratio
—
Net cash
$516.57M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$96.36M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
451.40
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
4.4%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
N/A
Only 8/9 components determinable.