Insider Selling: Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) SVP Sells $1,705,800.00 in Stock

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLICGet Free Report) SVP Nelson Munpun Wong sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.72, for a total transaction of $1,705,800.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 71,369 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,116,082.68. This trade represents a 17.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Stock Down 0.6%

KLIC opened at $116.51 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $95.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $72.02. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has a 52 week low of $31.32 and a 52 week high of $124.75. The company has a market capitalization of $6.10 billion, a PE ratio of 112.03 and a beta of 1.70.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLICGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.12. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a net margin of 7.16% and a return on equity of 7.29%. The business had revenue of $242.62 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $228.75 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.52) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 49.8% on a year-over-year basis. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.000- EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. will post 2.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th will be issued a $0.205 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $0.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 78.85%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Kulicke and Soffa Industries

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 5,231 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $238,000 after purchasing an additional 171 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 7,556 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $344,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares in the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 7,368 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $336,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 9,926 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $452,000 after purchasing an additional 198 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 6,929 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $316,000 after purchasing an additional 205 shares in the last quarter. 98.22% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from $70.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Zacks Research raised shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Kulicke and Soffa Industries presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $59.25.

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Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) is a global supplier of semiconductor and LED assembly equipment. The company specializes in the design, development and manufacture of advanced die bonding, wire bonding, flip-chip bumping and wafer-level packaging systems. Its solutions support a wide range of applications in consumer electronics, automotive, communications and other high-growth segments within the semiconductor and LED industries.

Key products include precision wire bonders for microelectronic packaging, die attach systems for chip placement, flip-chip bonders for advanced packaging architectures and LED packaging platforms that enable high-volume production of automotive and general-illumination LEDs.

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