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KLIC KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES

2026Q2 · CUSIP 501242101 · Semi Equipment · Sector: Semiconductors

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
454
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+87
Last quarter 367 → now 454
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 98% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

454 funds held KLIC at the end of 2026Q2, up 87 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 97.7% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $950M(YoY +44.4%), the P/E is 35.6x, return on equity is 12.7%. KLIC has had 10 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +33.8% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Semiconductors sector, tagged Semi Equipment.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=178 2013Q4: holders=176 2014Q1: holders=180 2014Q2: holders=199 2014Q3: holders=189 2014Q4: holders=182 2015Q1: holders=187 2015Q2: holders=181 2015Q3: holders=164 2015Q4: holders=175 2016Q1: holders=181 2016Q2: holders=183 2016Q3: holders=184 2016Q4: holders=189 2017Q1: holders=199 2017Q2: holders=225 2017Q3: holders=208 2017Q4: holders=229 2018Q1: holders=226 2018Q2: holders=204 2018Q3: holders=210 2018Q4: holders=207 2019Q1: holders=203 2019Q2: holders=198 2019Q3: holders=191 2019Q4: holders=199 2020Q1: holders=182 2020Q2: holders=205 2020Q3: holders=203 2020Q4: holders=227 2021Q1: holders=253 2021Q2: holders=292 2021Q3: holders=319 2021Q4: holders=343 2022Q1: holders=328 2022Q2: holders=319 2022Q3: holders=304 2022Q4: holders=312 2023Q1: holders=313 2023Q2: holders=311 2023Q3: holders=290 2023Q4: holders=299 2024Q1: holders=280 2024Q2: holders=285 2024Q3: holders=278 2024Q4: holders=294 2025Q1: holders=278 2025Q2: holders=296 2025Q3: holders=297 2025Q4: holders=320 2026Q1: holders=367 2026Q2: holders=454 -87 -43.5 +0 +43.5 +87 147312477 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 10 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2026Q1 Top 10%
2025Q2 Top 20% +2.0% +90.3%
2021Q3 Top 10% -13.1% -19.2%
2021Q2 Top 5% -3.2% -16.3%
2021Q1 Top 20% +37.7% +33.3%
2020Q2 Top 20% +18.5% +118.5%
2017Q2 Top 5% +48.6% +16.2%
2017Q1 Top 20% -8.5% +36.0%
2014Q2 Top 10% -2.9% +11.6%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
198
Change in large funds
+28
Total value they hold
$6.5B
Funds buying for the first time
136
Funds that sold out entirely
49
Price change that quarter
-21.3%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
7
Funds holding calls (bullish)
7

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
35.6
EPS (TTM)
$2.19
EPS YoY
+3034.3%
Revenue (TTM)
$1.0B
Revenue YoY
+44.4%
Net margin
12.2%
ROE
12.7%
Debt ratio
30.9%
FCF (TTM)
$41M
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-10-02: EPS 2.09 2022-01-01: EPS 2.11 2022-04-02: EPS 1.86 2022-07-02: EPS 1.99 2022-10-01: EPS 1.13 2022-12-31: EPS 0.25 2023-04-01: EPS 0.26 2023-07-01: EPS 0.07 2023-09-30: EPS 0.41 2023-12-30: EPS 0.16 2024-03-30: EPS -1.83 2024-06-29: EPS 0.22 2024-09-28: EPS 0.21 2024-12-28: EPS 1.51 2025-03-29: EPS -1.59 2025-06-28: EPS -0.06 2025-10-04: EPS 0.14 2026-01-03: EPS 0.32 2026-04-04: EPS 0.66 2026-07-04: EPS 1.07 0M 243M 485M $M -2.01 0.15 2.32 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202607/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 47 5 279 553 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-27M45M117M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $6M (2026-04-04)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-07-04 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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