On Friday, Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) opened higher 3.12% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $42.25. Price fluctuations for KLIC have ranged from $38.53 to $56.71 over the past 52 weeks.
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Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 13.62% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -97.53% at the time writing. With a float of $52.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $56.31 million.
The firm has a total of 3025 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 45.43%, operating margin of -3.85%, and the pretax margin is -5.43%.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. is 3.61%, while institutional ownership is 95.47%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 06 ’24, was worth 47,510. In this transaction Director of this company bought 1,000 shares at a rate of $47.51, taking the stock ownership to the 92,072 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 14 ’24, when Company’s Senior Vice President sold 8,771 for $48.97, making the entire transaction worth $429,491. This insider now owns 24,240 shares in total.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Recent Fiscal highlights
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 6/30/2024, the company posted 0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.43) by 0.08. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.33 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -97.53% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 20.00% during the next five years compared to 4.29% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 5.05. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.27. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 44.02.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.04, a number that is poised to hit 0.35 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.93 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., KLIC], we can find that recorded value of 0.41 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 0.49 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 73.59%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.83.
During the past 100 days, Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.’s (KLIC) raw stochastic average was set at 33.20%, which indicates a significant decrease from 83.58% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 38.42% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 38.64% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $46.20, while its 200-day Moving Average is $48.49. Now, the first resistance to watch is $44.48. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $45.40. The third major resistance level sits at $46.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $42.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $41.90. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $40.98.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) Key Stats
There are currently 55,464K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 2.38 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 742,490 K according to its annual income of 57,150 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 181,650 K and its income totaled 12,260 K.
