---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-23-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T01:52:30.271292+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa Q2 2023 revenue down 55% YoY to $173M, EPS $0.26

## Summary
- GAAP net income $15.0M ($0.26 diluted EPS); non-GAAP net income $21.9M ($0.38 EPS).
- Revenue fell 55% YoY to $173.0M; gross margin 48.6% (down 390 bps YoY).
- Non-GAAP operating margin 11.8% (down 2340 bps YoY); GAAP operating margin 7.3%.
- Company anticipates improved fiscal second half demand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-23-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000057/0000056978-23-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000057/klic-20230503.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-23-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC reported second fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2023 results: revenue $173.0 million, net income $15.0 million, EPS $0.26 per fully diluted share.
  - Period: second fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $173.0 million
  - Net income: $15.0 million
  - EPS: $0.26 per fully diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Kulicke & Soffa Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results Improved Fiscal Second Half Demand Anticipated Singapore – May 3, 2023 – Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) (“Kulicke & Soffa,” “K&S” or the “Company”), today announced financial results of its second fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2023. The Company reported second quarter net revenue of $173.0 million, net income of $15.0 million, representing EPS of $0.26 per fully diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000057/0000056978-23-000057-index.htm

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