Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) vs Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO)

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. and Veeco Instruments Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $2.0B — 1.5× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.4× against 80.7×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 6.58%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 2.05%). Across the 22 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and Veeco Instruments Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 27.40 80.74 33.70
P/S 3.34 2.85 4.22
P/B 3.48 2.24 2.94
Price to free cash flow 76.88 16.46 31.49
EV/EBITDA 14.71 44.09 22.64
EV/Sales 2.81 2.54 4.97
Earnings yield 3.65% 1.24% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 1.30% 6.08% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 48.18% 37.39% 46.86%
Operating margin 13.21% 3.02% 12.02%
Net margin 12.18% 0.00% 10.16%
Free cash flow margin 4.34% 17.32% 6.73%
Return on equity 13.23% 0.00% 5.31%
Return on assets 9.47% 0.00% 4.10%
Return on invested capital 19.84% 2.05% 6.36%

Growth

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 44.44% 6.58% 15.82%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 100.32% (52.03%) (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.97% 7.90% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (66.74%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.25 0.09
Current ratio 3.44 3.87 3.56
Net debt to EBITDA (9.36) (2.95) (0.49)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 3.13b 2.03b 3.04b

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