Kulicke & Soffa Industries (Kulicke & Soffa Industries) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.62 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Kulicke & Soffa Industries Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.7 Mil. Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $41.7 Mil. Kulicke & Soffa Industries's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $78.3 Mil. Kulicke & Soffa Industries's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.62.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KLIC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08 Med: 0.22 Max: 1.32
Current: 0.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kulicke & Soffa Industries was 1.32. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.22.

KLIC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
71.27% of 710 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs KLIC: 0.50

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Kulicke & Soffa Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.32

0.28

0.10

0.08

0.48

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.49	0.43	0.93	0.33	0.62

Competitive Comparison of Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(6.574	+	41.839)	/	101.2
	=	0.48

Kulicke & Soffa Industries's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(6.697	+	41.72)	/	78.308
	=	0.62

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NAS:KLIC) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Kulicke & Soffa Industries (Kulicke & Soffa Industries) Business Description

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Address

1005 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19034

Website

https://www.kns.com

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc is a United States-based company that is principally engaged in designing, manufacturing, and selling capital equipment and expendable tools that are used for assembling semiconductor devices. The company has four reportable segments which includes Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services. Its Ball Bonding Equipment segment which generates the majority of the revenue for the company includes results of the company from the design, development, manufacture and sale of ball bonding equipment and wafer level bonding equipment. The majority of its customers are located in the Asia-pacific region.

Executives

Lester A Wong	officer: Senior Vice President	23A, SERANGOON NORTH AVE 5, #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369
Nelson Munpun Wong	officer: Vice President	23A, SERANGOON NORTH AVE 5, #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369
Stephen Ray Drake	officer: Vice President	23A SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5 #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369
Fusen Ernie Chen	director	1005 VIRGINIA DRIVE, FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034
Robert Nestor Chylak	officer: Vice President	1005 VIRGINIA DRIVE, FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034
Denise Dignam	director	C/O THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, 1007 MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Chan Pin Chong	officer: Senior Vice President	23A SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5, #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369
Chin Hu Lim	director	23A, SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5, #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369
Zamir Shai Soloveizik	officer: Vice President	23A SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5, #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369
Jon A Olson	director	2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
Gregory F Milzcik	director	1005 VIRGINIA DRIVE, FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034
David Jeffrey Richardson	director	LSI LOGIC CORP, 1621 BARBER LANE, MILPITAS CA 95035
Kong Peter T M	director	KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC., 1005 VIRGINIA DRIVE, FT. WASHINGTON PA 19034
Brian R Bachman	director	1005 VIRGINIA DRIVE, FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034
Thiam Hong Lim	officer: Vice President	23A SERANGOON NORTH AVENUE 5, #01-01, SINGAPORE U0 554369