KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $82.13, KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (KLIC) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~13.4 years. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
At $121.81 the market pays roughly 60x company-wide mid-cycle operating income for Kulicke & Soffa, an assumption that operating growth holds near its self-funding ceiling for about 19 years. Only about 15% of comparable fast-growers have sustained that pace for even a decade. The balance sheet is the firm's strongest card: nearly $488 million in cash and investments, no debt, and a share count shrinking about 4% a year through buybacks. That cushion funds the recovery and the pivot to advanced
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357 institutional managers reported holding KLIC in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 89% of the company; the top 10 hold 46%. 84 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 1.8M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (2.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KLIC has cut its share count 15.6% over the past five years, spending $610.26M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 8 years running, raised 2 years straight; the current rate is $0.82 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $119.69M in dividends and $263.38M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at KLIC over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $48k. 13 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KLIC's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-10 | -2.8% | -11.7% |
| 2023-11-17 | +4.7% | +5.8% |
| 2024-02-02 | -13.7% | +4.6% |
| 2024-05-03 | -0.6% | +4.0% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KLIC's latest 8-K filings: 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-05 (items 5.07); 2026-02-04 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-11-19 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-10-28 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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