Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.21 (NASDAQ:KLIC)

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 19th will be paid a dividend of 0.205 per share by the semiconductor company on Wednesday, April 8th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 19th.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend every year for the last 7 years. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a payout ratio of 53.6% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Kulicke and Soffa Industries to earn $1.73 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.82 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 47.4%.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Trading Up 2.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:KLIC opened at $66.14 on Tuesday. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a 12 month low of $26.63 and a 12 month high of $77.50. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $63.66 and its 200 day moving average is $49.55. The company has a market capitalization of $3.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -54.66 and a beta of 1.57.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.11. Kulicke and Soffa Industries had a negative return on equity of 1.13% and a negative net margin of 9.40%.The firm had revenue of $199.63 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $190.03 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.37 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.2% on a year-over-year basis. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.600-0.740 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Kulicke and Soffa Industries will post 0.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Company Profile

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.