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 $4.4B against $2.8B — 1.6× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.6× against 113×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against −2.52%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 3.35%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 1.64%). 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 35.58 112.62 45.03
P/S 4.33 3.82 4.64
P/B 4.51 2.89 3.22
Price to free cash flow 99.82 30.65 48.18
EV/EBITDA 19.92 63.71 33.11
EV/Sales 3.80 3.57 5.52
Earnings yield 2.81% 0.89% 1.41%
Free cash flow yield 1.00% 3.26% 1.67%

Profitability

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 48.18% 37.92% 43.95%
Operating margin 13.21% 2.69% 10.32%
Net margin 12.18% 3.35% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 4.34% 12.47% 6.77%
Return on equity 13.23% 2.60% 4.78%
Return on assets 9.47% 1.70% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 19.84% 1.64% 6.10%

Growth

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 44.44% (2.52%) 14.60%
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 3.93 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (9.36) (2.95) (0.49)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KLIC VECO Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 4.35b 2.76b 3.80b

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