---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-23-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T03:11:18.020569+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa Q3 GAAP EPS $0.07, revenue $190.9M, down 48.7% YoY

## Summary
- Net revenue of $190.9M, down 48.7% YoY but up 10.3% sequentially from Q2.
- GAAP net income $4.2M ($0.07/shr); non-GAAP net income $31.9M ($0.55/shr).
- GAAP operating loss of $4.5M (margin -2.4%); non-GAAP operating income $24.3M (margin 12.7%).
- Gross margin 47.2% vs 51.2% a year ago, down 400 bps YoY.
- Company notes sequential improvement with 'strengthening core and expanding market access'.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-23-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/56978/000005697823000102/0000056978-23-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000102/klic-20230808.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-23-000102
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-23-000102.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC reported third fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2023 results: revenue $190.9 million, net income $4.2 million, EPS $0.07 per fully diluted share.
  - Period: third fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $190.9 million
  - Net income: $4.2 million
  - EPS: $0.07 per fully diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Company reported third quarter net revenue of $190.9 million, net income of $4.2 million, representing EPS of $0.07 per fully diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000102/0000056978-23-000102-index.htm

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