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Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC) Competitors

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$45.58
+0.72 (+1.60%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

KLIC vs. AMBA, OSIS, SIMO, UCTT, OLED, DRS, QRVO, CRDO, PI, and TSEM

Should you be buying Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kulicke and Soffa Industries include Ambarella (AMBA), OSI Systems (OSIS), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Universal Display (OLED), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Qorvo (QRVO), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Impinj (PI), and Tower Semiconductor (TSEM).

Kulicke and Soffa Industries vs.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Ambarella shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Ambarella. Kulicke and Soffa Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ambarella, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kulicke and Soffa Industries$742.49M3.35$57.15M-$1.04-43.83
Ambarella$226.47M10.55-$169.42M-$4.32-13.40

Kulicke and Soffa Industries currently has a consensus target price of $47.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.85%. Ambarella has a consensus target price of $74.09, indicating a potential upside of 28.03%. Given Ambarella's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ambarella is more favorable than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Ambarella
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of -7.94% compared to Ambarella's net margin of -79.46%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of 0.61% beat Ambarella's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kulicke and Soffa Industries-7.94% 0.61% 0.47%
Ambarella -79.46%-26.01%-22.28%

Ambarella received 390 more outperform votes than Kulicke and Soffa Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.69% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote while only 67.90% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kulicke and Soffa IndustriesOutperform Votes
452
68.69%
Underperform Votes
206
31.31%
AmbarellaOutperform Votes
842
67.90%
Underperform Votes
398
32.10%

In the previous week, Ambarella had 6 more articles in the media than Kulicke and Soffa Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ambarella and 2 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries. Ambarella's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Kulicke and Soffa Industries' score of 0.90 indicating that Ambarella is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ambarella
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ambarella beats Kulicke and Soffa Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KLIC vs. The Competition

MetricKulicke and Soffa IndustriesSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.48B$57.72B$24.01B$8.53B
Dividend Yield1.74%2.25%2.75%4.14%
P/E Ratio-43.8336.31252.9815.12
Price / Sales3.3520.473,721.9993.03
Price / Cash16.6925.1432.1034.05
Price / Book2.196.786.995.02
Net Income$57.15M$999.50M$670.43M$225.46M
7 Day Performance2.22%-1.39%-0.33%0.37%
1 Month Performance-0.96%-2.73%0.64%3.57%
1 Year Performance4.04%13.32%20.32%29.42%

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
0.9079 of 5 stars
$45.58
+1.6%
$47.33
+3.8%
+9.6%$2.48B$742.49M-43.833,025Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
AMBA
Ambarella
4.1767 of 5 stars
$57.87
+3.0%
$74.09
+28.0%
+28.1%$2.39B$226.47M-13.40900Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
OSIS
OSI Systems
4.6622 of 5 stars
$132.16
0.0%
$173.00
+30.9%
+25.9%$2.21B$1.54B17.256,681Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
4.9724 of 5 stars
$52.78
-1.9%
$81.67
+54.7%
-2.7%$1.78B$639.14M19.991,546Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
UCTT
Ultra Clean
3.6685 of 5 stars
$34.33
+2.6%
$57.75
+68.2%
+41.4%$1.55B$1.73B429.187,184Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
OLED
Universal Display
3.8283 of 5 stars
$180.25
0.0%
$215.63
+19.6%
+31.5%$8.55B$576.43M36.19456Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DRS
Leonardo DRS
1.9302 of 5 stars
$30.72
+2.2%
$30.83
+0.4%
+57.5%$7.95B$2.83B41.516,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
QRVO
Qorvo
4.8839 of 5 stars
$71.86
+0.8%
$104.47
+45.4%
-18.2%$6.74B$3.77B-49.228,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CRDO
Credo Technology Group
2.9373 of 5 stars
$40.43
+7.2%
$36.56
-9.6%
+178.4%$6.71B$192.97M-252.69500Short Interest ↓
PI
Impinj
4.5899 of 5 stars
$194.71
+2.5%
$224.60
+15.4%
+211.8%$5.51B$345.17M218.78475Insider Selling
TSEM
Tower Semiconductor
3.5605 of 5 stars
$41.94
0.0%
$51.33
+22.4%
+82.3%$4.65B$1.42B9.475,215Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KLIC) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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