Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $654.1 million, down 7.38% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 122.6%, EPS grew 1,933.3% and free cash flow grew 856.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Altman Z-score
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 7.44, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.44 | (0.15) |
| FY2024 | 7.60 | (0.14) |
| FY2023 | 7.74 | 0.28 |
| FY2022 | 7.45 | (0.20) |
| FY2021 | 7.66 | 2.42 |
| FY2020 | 5.24 | 0.14 |
| FY2019 | 5.10 | (0.91) |
| FY2018 | 6.01 | (0.11) |
| FY2017 | 6.12 | 0.88 |
| FY2016 | 5.24 | (0.03) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.65 | — | 0.78 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 1.09 | — | 1.52 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.00 | — | −0.01 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 7.61 | — | 4.57 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.59 | — | 0.59 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 7.44 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 10.81 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| IPGP IPG Photonics Corporation compare | 8.7× |
| AMBA Ambarella, Inc. compare | 8.0× |
| KLIC Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. | 7.4× |
| ACLS Axcelis Technologies, Inc. compare | 6.7× |
| CAMT Camtek Ltd. compare | 6.4× |
| AXTI AXT Inc compare | 3.4× |
| VECO Veeco Instruments Inc. compare | 3.1× |
| ACMR ACM Research, Inc. compare | 2.9× |
| COHU Cohu, Inc. compare | 2.4× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets