At the time of writing, Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. [KLIC] stock is trading at $51.81, up 4.75%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The KLIC shares have gain 8.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.82%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 31, January 2024, Kulicke & Soffa Reports First Quarter 2024 Results. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Increases Share Repurchase Activity.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ: KLIC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 17, 2023, when Craig Hallum upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $60 for it. Previously, Craig Hallum downgraded its rating to Hold on August 10, 2023, and kept the price target unchanged to $55. On April 12, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $59 on the stock. Needham downgraded its rating to a Hold. Needham reiterated its recommendation of a Buy and raised its price target to $78 on September 24, 2021. Needham started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on April 19, 2021, and assigned it a price target of $64. In a note dated January 31, 2020, Cowen reiterated an Market Perform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $25 to $27.
For the past year, the stock price of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. fluctuated between $40.20 and $60.20. Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ: KLIC] shares were valued at $51.81 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the KLIC fundamentals
According to Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ:KLIC], the company’s sales were 737.45M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -2.86% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.47% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.04.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 50.26 points at the first support level, and at 48.71 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 52.68, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 53.56.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. [KLIC] reported earnings per share of $0.3 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.26/share, meaning a difference of $0.04 and a surprise factor of 15.40%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.51 per share as compared to estimates of $0.43 per share, a difference of $0.08 representing a surprise of 18.60%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. [NASDAQ:KLIC] has a current ratio of 6.50. Also, the Quick Ratio is 5.19, while the Cash Ratio stands at 2.34. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.96, the price to book ratio is 2.52 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 57.35.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Chylak Robert Nestor, Senior Vice President, that happened on Feb 14 ’24 when 8771.0 shares were sold. Chief Financial Officer, Wong Lester A completed a deal on Dec 14 ’23 to sell 55000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President Wong Nelson MunPun sold 10000.0 shares on Dec 01 ’23.
