The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

KLIC

Concerning the House

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. 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.

Singapore · www.kns.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$706.23M-1.2%
Gross profit$268.75M-2.6%
Operating income$39.44M-10.6%
Net income$213.00K-38.4%
Cash from ops$173.40M+5.6%
Quotation

$95.80

+0.65 (+0.7%)

52w hi$133.81
52w lo$34.96
Vol591.25K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.21

Short-0.29
Medium+0.40
Long+0.85

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Market cap$5.01B
Enterprise value$4.50B
Trailing P/E43.94x
Forward P/E16.23x
EV / EBITDA23.45x
P / S (ttm)5.28x
Profit margin12.2%
Return on equity13.2%
Revenue growth+122.6%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity4.18
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.75
Corr SPX0.57
Annual vol49.7%
Annual ret+54.8%
Sharpe1.10
Max DD-45.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.43
Sector+0.15
Technical-0.08
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$94.88$97.33$94.27$95.80591.25K
Aug 12$94.69$96.42$94.01$95.15761.00K
Aug 11$88.66$91.93$88.16$91.02615.70K
Aug 10$92.64$92.94$86.25$86.50987.20K
Aug 7$93.00$94.67$90.30$91.311.04M