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Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc had return on equity of 0.0%, an operating margin of -0.5%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.79. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Oct 20092010Oct 20102011Oct 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Oct 20152016Oct 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Oct 20202021Oct 20212022Oct 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Oct 2025LTMJul 2026
Gross margin39.4%44.0%46.7%46.4%46.2%48.1%47.0%44.8%47.2%46.1%47.1%47.8%45.9%49.8%48.3%38.1%42.5%48.2%
Operating margin−32.6%19.4%20.5%22.7%12.3%13.5%7.2%8.6%14.0%18.7%4.0%9.4%27.2%31.3%5.3%−13.1%−0.5%13.2%
Net margin−18.5%18.6%15.4%20.3%11.1%11.1%9.7%7.7%15.6%6.4%2.2%8.4%24.2%28.8%7.7%−9.8%0.0%12.2%
Free-cash-flow margin−26.1%12.1%23.2%22.2%14.5%12.7%14.5%9.9%13.7%11.6%10.0%13.3%18.3%24.4%17.4%2.1%14.7%4.3%
Return on equity−24.4%57.6%32.2%28.8%8.7%8.4%6.8%6.2%14.7%6.3%1.4%6.8%39.6%37.9%4.8%−6.5%0.0%13.4%
Return on assets—24.5%19.5%20.8%7.1%7.0%5.6%5.1%11.7%4.8%1.0%4.9%27.6%27.2%3.7%−5.0%0.0%9.6%
Asset turnover—1.311.271.020.640.630.580.660.750.750.480.581.140.940.480.520.560.78
Current ratio—3.782.895.789.7510.309.576.204.945.675.125.453.845.366.555.414.793.44
Debt to equity0.0%30.5%23.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m17.8x20.5x30.9x—73.5x32.6x48.7x106.8x158.1x10.5x34.1x———n/mn/m—
Effective tax rate—−1.5%21.4%7.8%11.0%18.3%−33.0%13.7%−6.2%68.0%66.0%18.6%11.4%9.1%20.8%—99.0%19.9%
R&D as % of revenue23.7%7.4%7.8%8.0%11.5%14.6%16.8%14.7%12.4%13.5%21.5%19.8%9.1%9.1%19.5%21.4%22.9%17.0%
SG&A as % of revenue47.1%17.2%18.4%15.8%22.3%20.0%23.0%21.5%16.5%13.9%21.6%18.6%9.7%9.3%20.6%23.4%25.6%18.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.3%−0.8%0.9%0.9%3.2%1.8%1.9%1.0%3.2%2.3%2.2%1.9%1.5%1.5%6.0%2.3%2.6%1.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—64.8%151.0%109.3%130.8%114.8%149.5%128.3%87.8%181.7%465.3%158.1%75.5%84.7%225.7%—>999%35.5%
Dividends ÷ net income———————0.0%0.0%14.4%270.9%57.8%9.1%9.1%73.6%—>999%37.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———0.0%0.0%0.6%97.6%23.4%16.4%95.6%242.4%102.5%15.8%87.3%86.2%>999%156.9%163.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 3 checks passed · July 4, 2026
What it owns · $1.3bn
Short-term assets $1.1bnLonger-term assets $214m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.3bn
Short-term liabilities $321mLonger-term liabilities $86mShareholders' equity $912m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $321m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $86m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $126m against $150,000 of interest.

From Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

74 /100

Strong moat

How hard Kulicke & Soffa Industries's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 17.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 15 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 46.9%, moving by 3.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 10.4%; its worst year was -10.4%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 15.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 16.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.