KLICKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and moderately shorted.
Rangebound, no clear trend. Oversold (RSI 15). Price is −13% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Down 3.0% since the previous count, down from 4.7% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How KLIC is trading
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is +87% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 71 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −13%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 15
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 45%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $73.67
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- −17%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +87%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +55%
- vs 50-day average$86.49
- −15%
- 52-week high
- $133.84
- 52-week low
- $34.96
- Annualised volatility
- 51%
- Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $11M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +62% |
| 2025 | −0.28% |
| 2024 | −13% |
| 2023 | +25% |
| 2022 | −26% |
| 2021 | +92% |
| 2020 | +19% |
| 2019 | +37% |
| 2018 | −15% |
| 2017 | +53% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 5 of 10 | +4.2% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | +5.2% |
| Mar | 10 | 3 of 10 | −1.3% |
| Apr | 10 | 5 of 10 | +3.0% |
| May | 10 | 4 of 10 | +1.8% |
| Jun | 10 | 6 of 10 | +5.4% |
| Jul | 11 | 7 of 11 | +0.15% |
| Aug | 11 | 3 of 11 | −2.2% |
| Sep | 11 | 6 of 11 | +1.7% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | −2.0% |
| Nov | 10 | 10 of 10 | +11% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.2% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.
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