Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.250-0.310 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.330. The company issued revenue guidance of $155.0 million-$175.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $179.5 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.25-$0.31 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on KLIC. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. TD Cowen decreased their price objective on shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from $52.00 to $45.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 8th. Finally, Craig Hallum lowered their target price on shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from $55.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Kulicke and Soffa Industries presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $47.33.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Down 2.1 %

Shares of KLIC stock opened at $47.05 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $43.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.35. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a 12 month low of $38.20 and a 12 month high of $56.71. The company has a market cap of $2.56 billion, a PE ratio of -45.24 and a beta of 1.38.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be issued a $0.205 dividend. This represents a $0.82 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.74%. This is an increase from Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -76.92%.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, November 13th that permits the company to buyback $300.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization permits the semiconductor company to purchase up to 11.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually 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.