Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC): Price and Financial Metrics

KLIC POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where KLIC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 94.49% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for KLIC is in Value, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• KLIC's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 1.41% of US stocks).

KLIC Stock Summary

• KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC's stock had its IPO on March 26, 1990, making it an older stock than 85.87% of US equities in our set.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 6.94, KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC P/E ratio is greater than that of about only 17.23% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 10.67%, greater than the shareholder yield of 85.46% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to KLIC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are SRDX, FKWL, ONTX, ICPT, and GANX.
• KLIC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC's official web site, go to www.kns.com.

KLIC Valuation Summary

• KLIC's price/sales ratio is 2; this is 23.08% lower than that of the median Technology stock.
• KLIC's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 7.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for KLIC.

KLIC Growth Metrics

Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 1665.24%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 108.64%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 239.03%.

KLIC's revenue has moved up $976,479,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows KLIC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	1,503.62	390.188	433.545
2022-06-30	1,702.633	397.001	502.352
2022-03-31	1,754.814	383.321	497.084
2021-12-31	1,710.695	337.271	452.403
2021-09-30	1,517.664	300.032	367.161
2021-06-30	1,210.026	208.387	249.233

KLIC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• KLIC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 85.65% of graded US stocks.
• KLIC's asset turnover comes in at 0.994 -- ranking 45th of 208 Electronic Equipment stocks.
• CIEN, MPWR, and CLRO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with KLIC.

The table below shows KLIC's key quality metrics over time.