Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, chip equipment maker Kulicke and Soffa Industries
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Kulicke and Soffa's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Kulicke and Soffa facts
Headquarters (Founded) |
Singapore (1951) |
Market Cap |
$792.7 million |
Industry |
Semiconductor equipment |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$836.1 million |
Management |
CEO Bruno Guilmart (since 2010) CFO Jonathan Chou (since 2010) |
Return on Capital (Average, Past 3 Years) |
7.4% |
Cash/Debt |
$281.8 million / $101.8 million |
Peers |
AMD
Intel
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 256 members who have rated Kulicke and Soffa believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Stars 1picks and MagicDiligence, both of whom are ranked in the top 20% of our community.
Just last month, 1picks tapped Kulicke and Soffa as a potential bargain opportunity: "At five times earnings, looks cheap. Undervalued ... potential takeover target."
In fact, Kulicke and Soffa even trades at a particularly paltry forward P/E of 6.4. That represents a discount to much larger peers AMD (10.1), Intel (9.1), and Taiwan Semi (11.9).
CAPS All-Star MagicDiligence elaborates on the opportunity:
K&S's specialty is selling tools for the bonding process, where the semiconductor device itself is connected with the containing plastic package. Semi equipment is a very cyclical business, and we are coming off a boom year, where K&S more than tripled revenues from 2009. The company has a good balance sheet and an emerging opportunity in LED bonders.
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