Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc Valuation – August 2018 $KLIC

Company Profile (excerpt from Reuters): Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., incorporated on November 26, 1956, designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools, as well as services, maintains, repairs and upgrades equipment, all used to assemble semiconductor devices. The Company supplies a range of bonding equipment. The Company operates through two segments: Equipment and Expendable Tools. The Equipment segment manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, wedge bonders, advanced packaging and surface mount technology solutions. The Expendable Tools segment manufactures and sells expendable tools for a range of semiconductor packaging applications. It offers capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits (ICs), high and low powered discrete devices, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and power modules. Its customers primarily consist of semiconductor device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers (OSATs), other electronics manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers.

 

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ModernGraham Valuation of KLIC – August 2018

Stage 1: Is this company suitable for the Defensive Investor or the Enterprising Investor?

What kind of Intelligent Investor are you?

Defensive Investor; must pass 6 out of the following 7 tests.
1. Adequate Size of the Enterprise Market Cap > $2Bil $1,875,896,689 Fail
2. Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition Current Ratio > 2 5.02 Pass
3. Earnings Stability Positive EPS for 10 years prior Fail
4. Dividend Record Dividend Payments for 10 years prior Fail
5. Earnings Growth Increase of 33% in EPS in past 10 years using 3 year averages at beginning and end 3.69% Fail
6. Moderate PEmg Ratio PEmg < 20 27.50 Fail
7. Moderate Price to Assets PB Ratio < 2.5 OR PB*PEmg < 50 2.12 Pass
Enterprising Investor; must pass 4 out of the following 5 tests, or be suitable for the Defensive Investor.
1. Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition Current Ratio > 1.5 5.02 Pass
2. Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition Debt to NCA < 1.1 0.00 Pass
3. Earnings Stability Positive EPS for 5 years prior Pass
4. Dividend Record Currently Pays Dividend Fail
5. Earnings Growth EPSmg greater than 5 years ago Fail

 

Stage 2: Determination of Intrinsic Value

EPSmg $0.97
MG Growth Estimate -3.49%
MG Value $9.65
Opinion Overvalued
MG Grade D
MG Value based on 3% Growth $14.05
MG Value based on 0% Growth $8.23
Market Implied Growth Rate 9.50%
Current Price $26.64
% of Intrinsic Value 275.99%

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. does not satisfy the requirements of either the Enterprising Investor or the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the small size, insufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years, and the poor dividend history, and the high PEmg ratio. The Enterprising Investor has concerns regarding the lack of earnings growth over the last five years, and the lack of dividends. As a result, all value investors following the ModernGraham approach should explore other opportunities at this time or proceed cautiously with a speculative attitude.

As for a valuation, the company appears to be Overvalued after seeing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) decline from $1.26 in 2014 to an estimated $0.97 for 2018. This level of demonstrated earnings growth does not support the market’s implied estimate of 9.5% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. As a result, the ModernGraham valuation model, based on the Benjamin Graham value investing formula, returns an estimate of intrinsic value below the price.

At the time of valuation, further research into Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. revealed the company was trading above its Graham Number of $13.95. The company does not pay a dividend. Its PEmg (price over earnings per share – ModernGraham) was 27.5, which was below the industry average of 53.7, which by some methods of valuation makes it one of the most undervalued stocks in its industry. Finally, the company was trading above its Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) of $9.65.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. scores quite poorly in the ModernGraham grading system, with an overall grade of D.

Stage 3: Information for Further Research

Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) $9.65
Graham Number $13.95
PEmg 27.50
Current Ratio 5.02
PB Ratio 2.12
Current Dividend $0.00
Dividend Yield 0.00%
Number of Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth 0

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Most Recent Balance Sheet Figures

Balance Sheet Information 6/1/2018
Total Current Assets $1,022,442,000
Total Current Liabilities $203,578,000
Long-Term Debt $0
Total Assets $1,225,925,000
Intangible Assets $111,780,000
Total Liabilities $343,843,000
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 70,302,000

Earnings Per Share History

EPS History
Next Fiscal Year Estimate $0.66
Sep2017 $1.75
Sep2016 $0.68
Sep2015 $0.69
Sep2014 $0.81
Sep2013 $0.78
Sep2012 $2.13
Sep2011 $1.73
Sep2010 $1.92
Sep2009 -$0.67
Sep2008 $0.07
Sep2007 $0.57
Sep2006 $0.78
Sep2005 -$2.02
Sep2004 $0.89
Sep2003 -$1.54
Sep2002 -$5.57
Sep2001 -$1.34
Sep2000 $1.90
Sep1999 -$0.36
Sep1998 -$0.12

Earnings Per Share – ModernGraham History

EPSmg History
Next Fiscal Year Estimate $0.97
Sep2017 $1.06
Sep2016 $0.82
Sep2015 $1.00
Sep2014 $1.26
Sep2013 $1.39
Sep2012 $1.47
Sep2011 $1.00
Sep2010 $0.60
Sep2009 -$0.12
Sep2008 $0.12
Sep2007 $0.01
Sep2006 -$0.68
Sep2005 -$1.58
Sep2004 -$1.28
Sep2003 -$2.04
Sep2002 -$1.89

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