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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-22-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:59:36.659503+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa Q1 FY2022 revenue $460.9M (+72%), GAAP EPS $2.11, non-GAAP EPS $2.19; accelerates buybacks

## Summary
- Q1 net revenue $460.9M, up 72.1% YoY; GAAP net income $133.6M ($2.11 diluted EPS), up 176% YoY.
- Non-GAAP EPS of $2.19, up 154.7% YoY; non-GAAP operating margin 34.2%.
- Gross margin improved 300 bps YoY to 48.4%; GAAP operating margin up 1260 bps to 32.8%.
- Company accelerating share repurchase activity; provides revenue outlook for fiscal 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-22-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697822000022/0000056978-22-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697822000022/klic-20220202.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-22-000022.txt

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