Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) vs Qnity Electronics, Inc. (Q)

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. and Qnity Electronics, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Qnity Electronics, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $25.0B against $4.4B — 5.8× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.6× against 41.2×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 11.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 6.10%). Across the 19 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and Qnity Electronics, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KLIC Q Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 35.58 41.20 45.03
P/S 4.33 4.64 4.64
P/B 4.51 3.20 3.22
Price to free cash flow 99.82 29.09 48.18
EV/EBITDA 19.92 19.18 33.11
EV/Sales 3.80 5.23 5.52
Earnings yield 2.81% 2.43% 1.41%
Free cash flow yield 1.00% 3.44% 1.67%

Profitability

Metric KLIC Q Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 48.18% 46.22% 43.95%
Operating margin 13.21% 19.87% 10.32%
Net margin 12.18% 11.25% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 4.34% 15.95% 6.77%
Return on equity 13.23% 6.36% 4.78%
Return on assets 9.47% 8.18% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 19.84% 6.10% 6.10%

Growth

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

Health

Metric KLIC Q Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.53 0.09
Current ratio 3.44 2.01 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (9.36) 2.31 (0.49)

Dividend

Metric KLIC Q Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield 1.04% — 0.42%
Payout ratio 0.38 — 0.19

Size

Metric KLIC Q Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 4.35b 25.02b 3.80b

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