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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.250-0.310 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Performance

Shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock traded down $0.99 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $47.05. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 555,023 shares, compared to its average volume of 492,306. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $43.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $45.35. The company has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion, a P/E ratio of -45.61 and a beta of 1.38. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a one year low of $38.20 and a one year high of $56.71.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

KLIC has been the subject of several analyst reports. Craig Hallum cut their target price on Kulicke and Soffa Industries from $55.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. TD Cowen reduced 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 research note on Thursday, August 8th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $47.33.

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.