Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) is a leading provider specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sale of essential equipment and tools ...
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$0.82 per share
Est. EPS $3.86 · Revenue $1.15B · 2 analysts
$0.82 per share
Est. EPS $1.43 · Revenue $373.30M · 2 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $654.1M | -7.4% | +36.2% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $213000 | +100.3% | +63.4% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +42.5% | +11.7% | -3.4% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | -0.5% | +96.2% | +29.2% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +0.0% | +100.3% | +20.0% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $96.4M | +547.2% | +560.9% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +14.7% | +598.8% | +385.3% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 4.7% | +8.1% | -9.9% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 4.79x | -11.5% | -18.1% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $1.1B | -11.0% | +11.2% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
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| EPS Surprise | 0.00 vs 0.14 | -97.2% | 1.07 vs 1.06 | +1.3% |
| Revenue Surprise | $654.1M vs $646.6M | +1.2% | $330.4M vs $308.5M | +7.1% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Wong Lester A | officer: CFO | Common Stock | A | 6,038 | — |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Talluri Rajendra K | director, officer: CEO | Common Stock | A | 89,697 | — |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Talluri Rajendra K | director: | — | — | 0 | — |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Dignam Denise | director | Common Stock | A | 407 | — |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Milzcik Gregory F | director | Common Stock | A | 407 | — |
Operator: Greetings. Welcome to Kulicke & Soffa Third Quarter 2026 Conference Call Results. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Joe Elgindy, Senior Director, Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin. Joseph Elgindy: Thank you. Welcome, everyone, to Kulicke & Soffa's Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Conference Call. Lester Wong, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, also joins me on today's call. Non-GAAP financial measures referenced today should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from our GAAP financial information. GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation tables are included within our latest earnings release and earnings presentation. Both are available at investor.kns.com, along with prepared remarks for today's call. In addition to historical statements, today's discussion contains forward-looking statements regarding our future performance and outlook. These statements are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. For a complete discussion of the risks associated with Kulicke & Soffa that could affect our future results and financial condition, please refer to our latest Form 10-K and upcoming SEC filings for additional information. With that said, I would now like to turn the call over to Lester Wong for the business, market and financial overview. Please go ahead, Lester. Lester Wong: Thank you, Joe. Good morning, everyone. Demand continues to improve at a faster pace than previously expected, and our operational teams are aggressively ramping production to support customer capacity and technology requirements. Our own capacity expansion plan here in Singapore also remain on track. This new production space will support the growth of our Advanced Solutions segment over the coming years. We were able to support our customers' near-term needs by ramping our flexible production capacity and driving a 36% sequential revenue increase during the fiscal third quarter. Overall market strength continued to be led by general semiconductor and memory applications, although we are pleased to note that utilization rates have improved sequentially in all regions and in all end markets. Growth in artificial intelligence applications remain the driving factor behind data center expansion. This growing data center opportunity, in turn, drives meaningful increase in demand for both our thermal compression and wire bonding solutions. It is increasingly evident that most performance-oriented logic and memory applications will continue to adopt more complex heterogeneous integration approaches. Adoption of more complex assembly approaches directly benefits our current thermal compression business and steers our investments in R&D and production capacity. While emerging AI applications are a clear …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fusen Ernie Chen | Advisor | USD 1,375,868 | — | 1959 | Active |
Lester A. Wong | Interim Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of Finance & IT and Chief Financial Officer | USD 687,282 | Male | 1966 | Active |
Mun Pun Wong | Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Supply Chain | USD 610,960 | Male | 1961 | Active |
Robert Nestor Chylak | Senior Vice President of Central Engineering & Chief Technology Officer | USD 513,865 | Male | 1959 | Active |
Joseph Elgindy | Senior Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Planning | — | Male | — | Active |
Lisa Lim | Vice President of Global Human Resources | — | Female | — | Active |
Meng Kwong | Senior Vice President of Aftermarket Products & Services and Advanced Dispensing Solutions | — | Male | — | Active |
Zi Yao Lim | Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | — | Male | 1988 | Active |
Kulicke and Soffa Industries NASDAQ: KLIC reported fiscal third-quarter revenue growth that exceeded its expectations, as demand from general semiconductor and memory customers accelerated and the company expanded production capacity to support customer requirements.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
KLIC accelerates TCB expansion as demand rebounds, targeting over $100 million in fiscal 2026 revenue and $400 million in annual system capacity.
Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.2 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.07 per share a year ago.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S," "our," or the "Company"), today announced financial results of its third fiscal quarter ended July 4, 2026. The Company reported third quarter net revenue of $330.4 million, net income of $57.4 million, representing EPS of $1.07 per fully diluted share, and non-GAAP net income of $64.2 million, representing non-GAAP EPS of $1.20 per fully diluted share.
