Why Kulicke & Soffa Is Poised to Outperform
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, chip equipment maker Kulicke & Soffa Industries has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Kulicke & Soffa and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Kulicke & Soffa facts
Headquarters (founded) | Singapore (1951) |
Market Cap | $926.9 million |
Industry | Semiconductor equipment |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $791.0 million |
Management | CEO Bruno Guilmart (since 2010) CFO Jonathan Chou (since 2010) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 39.5% |
Cash/Debt | $440.2 million / $0 |
Competitors | ASM Pacific Technology BE Semiconductor Industries SHINKAWA |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 333 members who have rated Kulicke & Soffa believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, FoolSolo, tapped the stock as a particularly attractive bargain opportunity:
I just don't get why [Kulicke & Soffa] is so cheap. The fundamentals are very compelling; P/E 5.75 ... Zero Debt, while they are maintaining a gross margin of 46.5%. And despite these numbers they are currently trading at $12.30. ... For such a healthy and fundamentally strong company, especially in this tech recession, these guys look like a great value, and hopefully not a value trap.
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