Today I’m reviewing a small-cap semiconductor equipment & materials firm by the name of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. Its trading ticker symbol is KLIC.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc is engaged in the semiconductor industry. It manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices.

It operates in two segments, Capital Equipment, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS). The Capital Equipment segment manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, wafer level bonders, wedge bonders, advanced packaging, and electronic assembly solutions. The APS segment manufactures and sells various tools for a range of semiconductor packaging applications. This segment also provides spare parts, equipment repair, maintenance and servicing, training services, and equipment upgrading services. 

The company serves semiconductor device manufacturers, integrated device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, other electronics manufacturers, industrial manufacturers, and automotive electronics suppliers primarily in the United States and the Asia/Pacific region. 

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Singapore.

I use three key data points to gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund likeKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC): 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Besides those three, four more keys will finally unlock an equity or fund in which to invest.

But those first three primary keys, best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

KLIC Price

Kulicke and Soffa’s price per share was $27.00 at yesterday’s market close. A year ago its price was $18.93 for a gain of $8.07 per share.  

Assuming KLIC’s price will trade in the range of $18 to $30 again next year, that $8.07 gain could repeat itself and move Kulicke & Soffa’s current $27.00 price to $35.07 by mid- August 2019.