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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) posted 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 return on equity of 0.92% and a negative net margin of 9.77%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.171-0.209 EPS.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock traded up $0.09 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $43.40. 774,592 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 461,073. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a fifty-two week low of $38.20 and a fifty-two week high of $53.71. The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -35.28 and a beta of 1.36. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $47.30 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.23.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th were paid a dividend of $0.205 per share. This is a positive change from Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $0.82 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 19th. Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s dividend payout ratio is currently -66.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kulicke and Soffa Industries

In other news, SVP Robert Nestor Chylak sold 11,391 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.52, for a total transaction of $564,082.32. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 20,838 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,031,897.76. This represents a 35.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Fusen Ernie Chen sold 80,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.29, for a total value of $3,863,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,100,765 shares in the company, valued at $53,155,941.85. The trade was a 6.78 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 221,121 shares of company stock worth $10,527,843 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, November 13th that permits the company to repurchase $300.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the semiconductor company to buy up to 11.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on KLIC shares. TD Cowen boosted their target price 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. Needham & Company LLC raised shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $55.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com raised Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, DA Davidson cut their price target 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 equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $52.40.

About Kulicke and Soffa Industries

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.