Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) To Go Ex-Dividend on March 19th

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 3rd. Investors 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%annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 7 consecutive years. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a dividend payout ratio of 53.6% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. 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 Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of KLIC opened at $66.27 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $3.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -54.27 and a beta of 1.57. The company’s fifty day moving average is $63.66 and its 200-day moving average is $49.55. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a 12 month low of $26.63 and a 12 month high of $77.50.

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