Forensic Analysis · Semiconductors · as of Aug 11, 2026

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc (KLIC)

A forensic read on Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

20.4

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

88.1

P / E (ttm)

0.0%

ROE

$4.6B

Market cap

0.90%

Dividend yield

-7.4%

Revenue growth

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Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 20.4, placing it in the Safe zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

-0.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is -0.3% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 54% — well below its ~10% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

101% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $97M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 101% of free cash flow. Right at the limit of what free cash flow covers — little room before it's funded by debt or the balance sheet. That ratio has been CLIMBING toward the limit — 87% of free cash flow a few years back — not just sitting there. Counting the $29M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 130%.

$29M

FY2023–FY2025

Goodwill impairments. Took $29M of goodwill writedowns across 2 years (FY2023 ($10M), FY2025 ($19M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$654.1M

Revenue Growth YoY-7.4%

Net Margin0.0%

Free Cash Flow$96.4M

Return on Equity0.0%

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.