Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS) vs Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $2.8B — 1.1× the size. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.6× against 27.4×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 4.35%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 11.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 8.43%). Across the 22 metrics below, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. leads on 11 and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric ACLS KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 26.59 27.40 33.70
P/S 3.13 3.34 4.22
P/B 2.50 3.48 2.94
Price to free cash flow 46.45 76.88 31.49
EV/EBITDA 22.71 14.71 22.64
EV/Sales 2.66 2.81 4.97
Earnings yield 3.76% 3.65% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 2.15% 1.30% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric ACLS KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 42.81% 48.18% 46.86%
Operating margin 10.31% 13.21% 12.02%
Net margin 11.75% 12.18% 10.16%
Free cash flow margin 6.73% 4.34% 6.73%
Return on equity 9.80% 13.23% 5.31%
Return on assets 7.39% 9.47% 4.10%
Return on invested capital 8.43% 19.84% 6.36%

Growth

Metric ACLS KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.35% 44.44% 15.82%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.21%) 100.32% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.07% 0.97% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 19.19% (66.74%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ACLS KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.04 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 4.43 3.44 3.56
Net debt to EBITDA (2.51) (9.36) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric ACLS KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — 1.35% 0.59%
Payout ratio — 0.38 0.16

Size

Metric ACLS KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 2.78b 3.13b 3.04b

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