Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.20
- Estimate
- $1.01
- Surprise
- +19.2%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 6.2/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC) beat the $1.01 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.20 — a large 19.2% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.0/10) to Hold at 6.2/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KLIC Hold at 7.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +19.2% surprise compares with a +24.1% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-18.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: China-headquartered customers (53.5%)
- Concentration risk — Geographic: non-U.S. customer shipments (90.5%)
- Thin upside margin: 5.3%
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $82.50
- Price target
- $90.67
- Stop
- $80.17
- Upside to target
- +9.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 39.3× trailing but 14.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KLIC at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
- Market cap
- $4.51B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 39.3
- 52-week range
- $35.02–$135.80
- Off 52-week high
- 39.2%
- RSI (14)
- 51
- Volume vs avg
- 0.54×
- Score today
- 7.0/10