Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) vs Onto Innovation Inc. (ONTO)

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. and Onto Innovation Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Onto Innovation Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.4B against $4.8B — 3.0× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 41.6× against 109×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 8.08%. 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 5.56%). Across the 22 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 15 and Onto Innovation Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KLIC ONTO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 41.63 109.49 55.07
P/S 5.07 12.99 6.18
P/B 5.28 7.57 4.34
Price to free cash flow 116.81 57.64 60.27
EV/EBITDA 23.78 65.47 40.24
EV/Sales 4.54 12.63 6.12
Earnings yield 2.40% 0.91% 1.06%
Free cash flow yield 0.86% 1.73% 1.27%

Profitability

Metric KLIC ONTO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 48.18% 50.36% 43.95%
Operating margin 13.21% 12.02% 10.32%
Net margin 12.18% 11.84% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 4.34% 22.54% 6.77%
Return on equity 13.23% 6.82% 4.78%
Return on assets 9.47% 4.54% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 19.84% 5.56% 6.10%

Growth

Metric KLIC ONTO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 44.44% 8.08% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 100.32% (31.53%) (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.97% 12.55% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (66.74%) 34.54% 0.00%

Health

Metric KLIC ONTO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.77 0.09
Current ratio 3.44 9.73 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (9.36) (3.39) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric KLIC ONTO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield 0.89% — 0.35%
Payout ratio 0.38 — 0.19

Size

Metric KLIC ONTO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 4.76b 14.36b 4.70b

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