Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.20
- Estimate
- $1.01
- Surprise
- +19.2%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 6.2/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC) beat the $1.01 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.20 — a large 19.2% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.0/10) to Hold at 6.2/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KLIC Hold at 7.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +19.2% surprise compares with a +24.1% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-18.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Strong overall score: 7.0/10
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: China-headquartered customers (53.5%)
- Concentration risk — Geographic: non-U.S. customer shipments (90.5%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $88.47
- Price target
- $90.67
- Stop
- $82.28
- Upside to target
- +2.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.2:1
The stock trades at 41.1× trailing but 15.4× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KLIC at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
- Market cap
- $4.75B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 41.1
- 52-week range
- $35.02–$135.80
- Off 52-week high
- 34.9%
- RSI (14)
- 66
- Volume vs avg
- 1.61×
- Score today
- 7.0/10