Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc (KLIC)
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Wire-bonder specialist Kulicke & Soffa lights up 31 filters in our in-house stock scanner (momentum run as of July 17, 2026) — a Stan Weinstein stage-2 uptrend, relative strength of 97, almost a four-bagger in twelve months (data as of July 8, 2026). We read the annual reports (10-K) for fiscal years 2023 through 2025 and the quarterly reports (10-Q) through April 4, 2026: a revenue mountain that ran from $1.5 billion down to $654 million, a comeback quarter at plus 49.8 percent, an $86 million walk-away payment from an unnamed mega-customer, three buried business lines, a CFO who doubles as interim CEO — and 54.6 percent of revenue from customers headquartered in China. Not investment advice — just the math on what a flawless uptrend costs when a cyclical has to deliver it.
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NeutralGeprüft am 17.07.2026: In den ausgewerteten SEC-Berichten von Kulicke and Soffa Industries (CIK 56978; 4×10-Q bis zum 04.04.2026 plus 10-K für die Geschäftsjahre 2025 und 2024, Geschäftsjahresende Anfang Oktober) findet sich kein wesentlicher KI-Bezug im Sinne des Kriterienkatalogs. Befund: Die 10-Q zum 04.04.2026, 03.01.2026 und 28.06.2025 enthalten keinerlei KI-Treffer. Der 10-Q zum 29.03.2025 nennt „artificial intelligence“ nur regulatorisch — im Abschnitt zu US-Exportkontrollen wird das BIS-„Framework for AI Diffusion“ referiert („a set of additional export controls on advanced computing chips and certain closed artificial intelligence (‚AI‘) model weights“), also fremde Regeln, kein eigenes KI-Geschäft. Die 10-K für die Geschäftsjahre 2025 und 2024 erwähnen KI ausschließlich als Cyber-Boilerplate („artificial intelligence (‚AI‘) may be used to generate cyberattacks with greater scale and efficacy“ bzw. „threat actors may leverage other means and technologies, including artificial intelligence, to circumvent controls and avoid detection“) — generische Angriffsvektor-Floskeln, nach dem Kriterienkatalog kein Bedroht-Beleg. Eine KI-Umsatzquelle (verkauft) oder ein belegter operativer KI-Einsatz (nutzt) findet sich nirgends; dass die Endnachfrage nach Advanced-Packaging-/Memory-Equipment auch von KI-Rechenzentren getrieben sein dürfte, wird in den Filings nicht als eigener KI-Bezug ausgewiesen und bleibt damit außen vor. Nach dem Kriterienkatalog: „neutral“ (dokumentierter Negativ-Befund).
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Filings Reviewed: 10-Q 2026-05-07 · 10-Q 2026-02-05 · 10-Q 2025-08-06 · 10-Q 2025-05-07 · 10-K 2025-11-20 · 10-K 2024-11-14
Rated on July 17, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Quarterly Figures
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q4 | 1.51 | 824.10 | 166 | -3.00 | 49.10 | 19 | 9 |
| 2025: Q1 | -1.59 | – | 162 | -5.90 | -52.20 | 80 | 78 |
| 2025: Q2 | -0.06 | -128.40 | 148 | -18.30 | -2.20 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025: Q3 | 0.12 | -44.90 | 178 | -2.10 | 3.60 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025: Q4 | 0.32 | -78.80 | 200 | 20.20 | 8.40 | -9 | -12 |
| 2026: Q1 | 0.66 | – | 243 | 49.80 | 14.50 | 10 | 6 |
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Assessment: Opportunities & Risks
Revenue up 49.8 percent to $242.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, ball bonding up 141.7 percent, memory revenue up elevenfold; fiscal 2025 bookings up 74 percent, backlog up 65 percent (10-Q as of 04/04/2026, 10-K FY 2025) — the turn comes from the core business.
$487.9 million in cash and investments against zero bank debt, a 72 percent equity ratio, Altman Z around 14; a $0.205 quarterly dividend and a $300 million buyback frame — though the buyback machine effectively stopped in the rally quarter ($0.1 million).
54.6 percent of quarterly revenue from customers headquartered in China, three customers at roughly 39 percent of first-half revenue, Huatian at 29.6 percent of receivables — squarely within the reach of U.S./China export-control policy (10-Q as of 04/04/2026; 10-K FY 2025, Item 1A).
Minus 57 percent of revenue from peak (FY 2021) to trough (FY 2025), fiscal 2025 net income of $213,000 shaped by one-offs in both directions (the $86.2 million walk-away payment, $87.5 million EA wind-down); an EPS rating of 6 out of 99 — the earnings base beneath the rally is young and thin.
CEO retirement effective December 1, 2025; since then CFO Lester Wong has led in a dual role as interim CEO, with the successor search open (10-K FY 2025, Note 18); plus an SEC comment letter of March 2026 about explanation gaps in the numbers work — routine, but no tailwind.
31 hits in the momentum run (as of July 17, 2026), a stage-2 trend, relative strength of 97, about 3 percent below the all-time high — against a forward P/E around 39 (FY 2026 estimates) and a P/S around 9 (data as of July 8, 2026): the market pays for the upswing’s continuation in advance.
Kulicke & Soffa delivers the rare combination of a genuine, core-business-driven cycle turn (quarterly revenue up 49.8 percent, bookings up 74 percent) and a fortress balance sheet with almost half a billion dollars of net cash. Against that stand a price that pre-pays the continuation at 39 times estimated earnings, more than half of revenue with customers headquartered in China, three names as the load-bearing wall of the growth, an open CEO succession — and the certainty, documented in the company’s own annual report, that every aggressive customer investment phase so far has been followed by a phase of excess supply. Not investment advice.
- KLIC reached the research list via the momentum/stage-2 run of our in-house stock scanner on July 17, 2026 (31 hits, including Stan Weinstein stage 2, RS leader ≥90, the Minervini trend template and pros 80 percent) — not via news flow or forum hype.
- Scanner metrics (P/E, P/S, EPS rating, Piotroski, Altman Z) are computed on trailing twelve-month figures; they contain the one-off effects of the restructuring years (Project W reimbursement, EA wind-down) — and, by nature, not a possible further cycle push.
- Price and valuation figures dated July 8, 2026 (about $131.50, roughly $6.9 billion market value); analyses are evergreen, daily prices are not a buy argument. The fiscal year ends in early October — all quarterly references carry the fiscal-year offset.
About the Company
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. entwirft, fertigt und verkauft Investitionsgüter und Verbrauchsmaterialien in China, den USA, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, den Philippinen, Korea, Hongkong und international.
| Employees | 2,551 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Singapore, Singapore |
| Website | kns.com |
| IPO Date | 26. Mar 1990 |
| Next Earnings | 5. Aug 2026 |
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lester A. Wong J.D. | Interim CEO, Executive VP of Finance & IT and CFO | 1966 |
| Robert Nestor Chylak | Senior VP of Central Engineering & CTO | 1959 |
| Mun Pun Wong | Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Supply Chain | 1961 |
| Fusen Ernie Chen Ph.D. | Advisor | 1959 |
| Joseph Elgindy | Senior Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Planning | – |
| Zi Yao Lim | VP of Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | 1988 |
| Lisa Lim | Vice President of Global Human Resources | – |
| Meng Kwong HAN | Senior Vice President of Aftermarket Products & Services and Advanced Dispensing Solutions | – |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
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Data as of: July 20, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.