Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.01 EPS

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The semiconductor company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by ($0.01), Zacks reports. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a negative net margin of 9.77% and a negative return on equity of 0.92%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.171-0.209 EPS.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Performance

Shares of KLIC traded up $0.09 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $43.40. 774,592 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 461,073. The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a PE ratio of -35.28 and a beta of 1.36. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $47.30 and its 200-day moving average is $45.23. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a 52 week low of $38.20 and a 52 week high of $53.71.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th were issued a $0.205 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 19th. This is a boost from Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $0.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.89%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s dividend payout ratio is currently -66.67%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on KLIC. StockNews.com raised shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Needham & Company LLC upgraded shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $55.00 price target for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, DA Davidson reduced their target price on Kulicke and Soffa Industries from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $52.40.

Insider Activity at Kulicke and Soffa Industries

In other Kulicke and Soffa Industries news, CEO Fusen Ernie Chen sold 80,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.29, for a total transaction of $3,863,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,100,765 shares in the company, valued at $53,155,941.85. This represents a 6.78 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Lester A. Wong sold 60,000 shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.37, for a total value of $2,782,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 79,636 shares in the company, valued at $3,692,721.32. The trade was a 42.97 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 221,121 shares of company stock valued at $10,527,843. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, November 13th that authorizes the company to repurchase $300.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the semiconductor company to buy up to 11.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Company Profile

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and tools used to assemble semiconductor devices. It operates through four segments: Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS). The company offers ball bonding equipment, wafer level bonding equipment, wedge bonding equipment; and advanced display, die-attach, and thermocompression systems and solutions, as well as tools, spares and services for equipment.