---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-23-000169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T02:53:30.423358+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa Q4 net revenue $202.3M, down 29% YoY; EPS $0.41 GAAP, $0.51 non-GAAP

## Summary
- Net revenue $202.3M, down 29.3% YoY; net income $23.4M, down 64% YoY.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.41, down 62.7% YoY; non-GAAP diluted EPS $0.51, down 57.1% YoY.
- Gross margin 47.4%, up 110 bps YoY; operating margin 9.6%, down 1400 bps YoY.
- Sequentially, revenue up 6%, net income up 461.3% from Q3 fiscal 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-23-000169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000169/0000056978-23-000169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000169/klic-20231115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-23-000169
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-23-000169.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC reported its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $202.3 million, net income $23.4 million, EPS $0.41 per fully diluted shares.
  - Period: its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $202.3 million
  - Net income: $23.4 million
  - EPS: $0.41 per fully diluted shares
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Company reported fourth quarter net revenue of $202.3 million and net income of $23.4 million, representing EPS of $0.41 per fully diluted shares
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000169/0000056978-23-000169-index.htm

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