KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $86.50, KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (KLIC) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~11.9 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: 2026-08-17 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-05 (items 5.07); 2026-02-04 (items 2.02, 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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