Kulicke & Soffa Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results
- The company reported non-GAAP net income of $31.9 million, representing an increase of 45.7% compared to Q3 2022.
- The President and CEO highlighted the strengthening of core business and expansion into advanced display and advanced packaging portfolios.
- The company provided its Q4 2023 outlook, expecting net revenue to be approximately $200 million +/- $20 million, GAAP EPS to be approximately $0.33 +/- 10%, and non-GAAP EPS to be approximately $0.42 +/- 10%.
- None.
Strengthening Core and Expanding Market Access
Quarterly Results - | |||
Fiscal Q3 2023 | Change vs. Fiscal Q3 2022 | Change vs. Fiscal Q2 2023 | |
Net Revenue | down | up | |
Gross Profit | down | up | |
Gross Margin | 47.2 % | down 400 bps | down 140 bps |
Loss from Operations | down | down | |
Operating Margin | (2.4) % | down 3520 bps | down 970 bps |
Net Income | down | down | |
Net Margin | 2.2 % | down 2980 bps | down 650 bps |
EPS – Diluted | down | down | |
Quarterly Results - Non-GAAP | |||
Fiscal Q3 2023 | Change vs. Fiscal Q3 2022 | Change vs. Fiscal Q2 2023 | |
Income from Operations | down | up | |
Operating Margin | 12.7 % | down 2200 bps | up 90 bps |
Net Income | down | up | |
Net Margin | 16.7 % | down 1690 bps | up 400 bps |
EPS – Diluted | down | up |
A reconciliation between the GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted results is provided in the financial tables included at the end of this press release. See also the "Use of non-GAAP Financial Results" section of this press release.
Fusen Chen, Kulicke & Soffa's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Utilization rates and demand have strengthened in our leading core business, which remains closely aligned with long-term assembly trends in high-volume and power semiconductor applications. Additionally, we have reached new customer and technical milestones within our advanced display and advanced packaging portfolios."
Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Highlights
- Net revenue of
.$190.9 million - Gross margin of
47.2% . - Net income of
or$4.2 million per share; non-GAAP net income of$0.07 or$31.9 million per fully diluted share.$0.55 - GAAP cash from operations of
.0 million; Adjusted free cash flow of$9 $(1.6) million . - Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were
.8 million as of July 1, 2023.$711 - The Company repurchased a total of 0.2 million shares of common stock at a cost of
.5 million.$8
During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company booked
Beginning with this quarter, we have reassessed and enhanced our segment reporting, by providing segment level details for our Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions and Aftermarket Products and Services reportable segments, and an "All Others" category. In the course of that reassessment, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of October 1, 2022, related to segment reporting. We are filing, concurrently with this press release, an amended 10-K for fiscal year 2022 further explaining these changes and revising the segment footnote disclosure. The 10-Q for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 that we will file tomorrow will likewise report data based on the new reporting segments. Importantly, there were no financial impacts associated with the change in segment reporting or the material weakness.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023 Outlook
K&S currently expects net revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 ending September 30, 2023 to be approximately
Fusen Chen commented, "Improving core-market demand, increasing assembly complexity and our growing portfolio addressing long-term advanced packaging and advanced display opportunities, provides us with much optimism as we look forward. We continue to anticipate that semiconductor unit growth will improve to above average levels in calendar years 2024 and 2025."
The Company recently introduced its PowerCommTM and PowerNexxTM systems as well as its High Power Interconnect (HPI) solution, which supports both high-volume semiconductor and power semiconductor applications. Additionally, K&S expanded its long-term advanced packaging partnership with the UCLA Center for Heterogeneous Integration and Performance Scaling (CHIPS) and also expanded its advanced display collaborations with TSMT, a global LCD surface-mount technology (SMT) solutions provider.
Earnings Conference Call Details
A conference call to discuss these results will be held on August 9, 2023, beginning at 8:00 am EDT. To access the conference call, interested parties may call +1-877-407-8037 or internationally +1-201-689-8037. A live webcast link and supplemental earnings presentation will also be available at investor.kns.com.
A replay will be available from approximately one hour after the completion of the conference call through August 16, 2023 by calling toll-free +1-877-660-6853 or internationally +1-201-612-7415 and using the replay ID number of 13734622. A webcast replay will also be available at investor.kns.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Results
In addition to
Management uses both
Management has not reconciled its outlook for non-GAAP Diluted EPS to Diluted EPS for Q4F23 as it does not provide guidance on the reconciling items between Diluted EPS and non-GAAP Diluted EPS, as a result of the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, these items. The actual amount of such reconciling items could have a significant impact on our non-GAAP Diluted EPS and, accordingly, a reconciliation of Diluted EPS to non-GAAP Diluted EPS for Q4F23 is not available without unreasonable effort.
About Kulicke & Soffa
Founded in 1951, Kulicke & Soffa specializes in developing cutting-edge semiconductor and electronics assembly solutions enabling a smart and more sustainable future. Our ever-growing range of products and services supports growth and facilitates technology transitions across large-scale markets, such as advanced display, automotive, communications, compute, consumer, data storage, energy storage and industrial.
Caution Concerning Results, Forward-Looking Statements and Certain Risks Related to our Business
In addition to historical statements, this press release contains statements relating to future events and our future results. These statements are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning our business, including the importance and competitiveness of our advanced display products and other emerging technology transitions, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to, the persistent macroeconomic headwinds on our business, our ability to develop, manufacture and gain market acceptance of new products, our ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as further described below), including our ability to remediate the material weakness found in our internal control over financial reporting, and the other factors listed or discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2022, filed on November 17, 2022, and amended on August 8, 2023, and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, management is responsible for establishing, evaluating and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In addition, management is required to evaluate the effectiveness of such internal control. Our internal control over financial reporting are processes designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
The Company is concurrently filing, with this press release, a Form 10-K/A for fiscal year 2022 (the "Form 10-K/A"), which includes only non-financial amendments associated with additional segment level disclosures to be included in the third quarter fiscal 2023 Form 10-Q filing. As further described in our Form 10-K/A, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting that existed as of October 1, 2022 and which related to a design gap in the existing review of our segment reporting process.
We are in the process of assessing and finalizing our plan for remediation of the above material weakness, with the oversight of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer. The material weakness will not be considered remediated until the applicable remedial controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. These remediation measures may be time consuming and costly. In addition, the measures we have taken to date, and actions we may take in the future, may not be sufficient to remediate the control deficiency that led to such material weakness, and they may not prevent or avoid a potential future material weakness. Any control system, no matter how well designed and implemented, can only provide reasonable and not absolute assurance that the objectives of the control system will be achieved.
If our remediation efforts are insufficient or if additional material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting are discovered or occur in the future, it could result in errors in our consolidated financial statements that could result in a restatement of our financial statements, and could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. This could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, restrict our ability to access the capital markets, require us to expend significant resources to correct the material weakness, subject us to fines, penalties or judgments, harm our reputation, adversely affect the trading price of our common stock, or otherwise cause a decline in investor confidence.
Contact:
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Joseph Elgindy
Finance
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KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. | |||||||
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||
(In thousands, except per share and employee data) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Three months ended | Nine months ended | ||||||
July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | ||||
Net revenue | $ 190,917 | $ 372,137 | $ 540,171 | $ 1,217,307 | |||
Cost of sales | 100,899 | 181,452 | 277,355 | 601,674 | |||
Gross profit | 90,018 | 190,685 | 262,816 | 615,633 | |||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 34,550 | 32,107 | 108,113 | 103,594 | |||
Research and development | 36,578 | 34,046 | 107,085 | 104,496 | |||
Impairment charges | 21,535 | 1,346 | 21,535 | 1,346 | |||
Amortization of intangible assets | 1,786 | 1,109 | 4,743 | 3,543 | |||
Acquisition-related costs | 57 | — | 498 | — | |||
Restructuring | — | — | 879 | 126 | |||
Total operating expenses | 94,506 | 68,608 | 242,853 | 213,105 | |||
(Loss)/Income from operations | (4,488) | 122,077 | 19,963 | 402,528 | |||
Other income (expense): | |||||||
Interest income | 8,847 | 2,158 | 23,406 | 3,099 | |||
Interest expense | (50) | (36) | (116) | (173) | |||
Income before income taxes | 4,309 | 124,199 | 43,253 | 405,454 | |||
Income tax expense | 148 | 5,165 | 9,462 | 36,813 | |||
Net income | $ 4,161 | $ 119,034 | $ 33,791 | $ 368,641 | |||
Net income per share: | |||||||
Basic | $ 0.07 | $ 2.02 | $ 0.60 | $ 6.05 | |||
Diluted | $ 0.07 | $ 1.99 | $ 0.59 | $ 5.95 | |||
Cash dividends declared per share | $ 0.19 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.57 | $ 0.51 | |||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | |||||||
Basic | 56,553 | 58,985 | 56,763 | 60,951 | |||
Diluted | 57,519 | 59,955 | 57,684 | 61,940 | |||
Three months ended | Nine months ended | ||||||
Supplemental financial data: | July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | |||
Depreciation and amortization | $ 8,591 | $ 5,210 | $ 20,746 | $ 15,773 | |||
Capital expenditures | 10,451 | 4,953 | 43,485 | 11,213 | |||
Equity-based compensation expense: | |||||||
Cost of sales | 272 | 193 | 903 | 727 | |||
Selling, general and administrative | 3,800 | 3,233 | 12,398 | 10,485 | |||
Research and development | 1,331 | 1,039 | 4,002 | 3,261 | |||
Total equity-based compensation expense | $ 5,403 | $ 4,465 | $ 17,303 | $ 14,473 |
As of | |||
July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | ||
Number of employees | 3,045 | 3,405 |
KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. | |||
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS | |||
(In thousands) | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
As of | |||
July 1, 2023 | October 1, 2022 | ||
ASSETS | |||
CURRENT ASSETS | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 401,806 | $ 555,537 | |
Short-term investments | 310,000 | 220,000 | |
Accounts and other receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of | 198,107 | 309,323 | |
Inventories, net | 227,991 | 184,986 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 45,144 | 62,200 | |
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS | 1,183,048 | 1,332,046 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 113,567 | 80,908 | |
Operating right-of-use assets | 46,351 | 41,767 | |
Goodwill | 89,291 | 68,096 | |
Intangible assets, net | 31,418 | 31,939 | |
Deferred tax assets | 40,926 | 25,572 | |
Equity investments | 433 | 5,397 | |
Other assets | 3,088 | 2,874 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | $ 1,508,122 | $ 1,588,599 | |
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||
CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||
Accounts payable | 52,857 | 67,311 | |
Operating lease liabilities | 6,569 | 6,766 | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 120,506 | 134,541 | |
Income taxes payable | 16,844 | 40,063 | |
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES | 196,776 | 248,681 | |
Deferred tax liabilities | 36,735 | 34,037 | |
Income taxes payable | 50,673 | 64,634 | |
Operating lease liabilities | 41,390 | 34,927 | |
Other liabilities | 12,836 | 11,670 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 338,410 | 393,949 | |
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||
Common stock, no par value | 572,338 | 561,684 | |
Treasury stock, at cost | (728,064) | (675,800) | |
Retained earnings | 1,343,163 | 1,341,666 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (17,725) | (32,900) | |
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ 1,169,712 | $ 1,194,650 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ 1,508,122 | $ 1,588,599 |
KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. | |||||||
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | |||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Three months ended | Nine months ended | ||||||
July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ 8,976 | $ 104,616 | $ 95,912 | $ 273,625 | |||
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities | 24,473 | (75,119) | (161,724) | 66,342 | |||
Net cash used in financing activities | (19,447) | (39,841) | (92,358) | (250,905) | |||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (1,298) | (4,328) | 4,439 | (6,069) | |||
Changes in cash and cash equivalents | 12,704 | (14,672) | (153,731) | 82,993 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 389,102 | 460,453 | 555,537 | 362,788 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ 401,806 | $ 445,781 | $ 401,806 | $ 445,781 | |||
Short-term investments | 310,000 | 300,000 | 310,000 | 300,000 | |||
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | $ 711,806 | $ 745,781 | $ 711,806 | $ 745,781 |
Reconciliation of | ||||||
to Non-GAAP Income from Operations and Operating Margin | ||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Three months ended | ||||||
July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | April 1, 2023 | ||||
Net revenue | $ 190,917 | $ 372,137 | $ 173,021 | |||
(4,488) | 122,077 | 12,629 | ||||
(2.4) % | 32.8 % | 7.3 % | ||||
Pre-tax non-GAAP items: | ||||||
Amortization related to intangible assets acquired through business combination- selling, general and administrative | 1,786 | 1,109 | 1,563 | |||
Restructuring | — | — | 504 | |||
Equity-based compensation | 5,403 | 4,465 | 5,379 | |||
Impairment charges | 21,535 | 1,346 | — | |||
Acquisition-related costs | 57 | — | 334 | |||
Non-GAAP income from operations | $ 24,293 | $ 128,997 | $ 20,409 | |||
Non-GAAP operating margin | 12.7 % | 34.7 % | 11.8 % |
Reconciliation of | ||||||
(In thousands, except percentages and per share data) | ||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Three months ended | ||||||
July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | April 1, 2023 | ||||
Net revenue | $ 190,917 | $ 372,137 | $ 173,021 | |||
4,161 | 119,034 | 15,041 | ||||
2.2 % | 32.0 % | 8.7 % | ||||
Non-GAAP adjustments: | ||||||
Amortization related to intangible assets acquired through business combination- selling, general and administrative | 1,786 | 1,109 | 1,563 | |||
Restructuring | — | — | 504 | |||
Equity-based compensation | 5,403 | 4,465 | 5,379 | |||
Impairment charges | 21,535 | 1,346 | — | |||
Acquisition-related costs | 57 | — | 334 | |||
Net income tax benefit on non-GAAP items | (1,060) | (865) | (892) | |||
Total non-GAAP adjustments | $ 27,721 | $ 6,055 | $ 6,888 | |||
Non-GAAP net income | $ 31,882 | $ 125,089 | $ 21,929 | |||
Non-GAAP net margin | 16.7 % | 33.6 % | 12.7 % | |||
Basic | 0.07 | 2.02 | 0.27 | |||
Diluted(a) | 0.07 | 1.99 | 0.26 | |||
Non-GAAP adjustments per share:(b) | ||||||
Basic | 0.49 | 0.10 | 0.12 | |||
Diluted | 0.48 | 0.10 | 0.12 | |||
Non-GAAP net income per share: | ||||||
Basic | $ 0.56 | $ 2.12 | $ 0.39 | |||
Diluted(c) | $ 0.55 | $ 2.09 | $ 0.38 | |||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||||
Basic | 56,553 | 58,985 | 56,684 | |||
Diluted | 57,519 | 59,955 | 57,577 |
(a) | GAAP diluted net earnings per share reflects any dilutive effect of outstanding restricted stock, but that effect is excluded when calculating GAAP diluted net loss per share because it would be anti-dilutive. |
(b) | Non-GAAP adjustments per share include amortization related to intangible assets acquired through business combinations, costs associated with restructuring and severance, impairment relating to assets acquired through business combinations, impairment relating to equity investments, acquisition and integration costs, equity-based compensation expenses, and income tax effects associated with the foregoing non-GAAP items. |
(c) | Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share reflects any dilutive effect of outstanding restricted stock. |
Reconciliation of | ||||||
to Non-GAAP Adjusted Free Cash Flow | ||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||
Three months ended | ||||||
July 1, 2023 | July 2, 2022 | April 1, 2023 | ||||
$ 8,976 | $ 104,616 | $ 1,820 | ||||
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment | (10,610) | (4,722) | (10,637) | |||
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment | 83 | — | 235 | |||
Non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow | (1,551) | 99,894 | (8,582) |
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