Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) vs Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (UCTT)

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. and Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $1.8B — 1.8× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.4× against 60.9×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 15.8%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 1.09%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 5.60%). Across the 21 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 15 and Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KLIC UCTT Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 27.40 60.90 33.70
P/S 3.34 0.70 4.22
P/B 3.48 2.10 2.94
Price to free cash flow 76.88 n/m 31.49
EV/EBITDA 14.71 11.22 22.64
EV/Sales 2.81 0.85 4.97
Earnings yield 3.65% 1.64% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 1.30% (9.77%) 2.27%

Profitability

Metric KLIC UCTT Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 48.18% 16.11% 46.86%
Operating margin 13.21% 4.32% 12.02%
Net margin 12.18% 1.09% 10.16%
Free cash flow margin 4.34% (6.84%) 6.73%
Return on equity 13.23% 3.34% 5.31%
Return on assets 9.47% 1.39% 4.10%
Return on invested capital 19.84% 5.60% 6.36%

Growth

Metric KLIC UCTT Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 44.44% 15.79% 15.82%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 100.32% (869.23%) (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.97% 7.99% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (66.74%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KLIC UCTT Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.78 0.09
Current ratio 3.44 2.79 3.56
Net debt to EBITDA (9.36) 1.35 (0.49)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KLIC UCTT Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 3.13b 1.78b 3.04b

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