Financial Comparison: Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) & Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) and Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Kulicke and Soffa Industries and Datavault AI, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	0	1	3	0	2.75
Datavault AI	0	0	1	0	3.00

Kulicke and Soffa Industries currently has a consensus target price of $44.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.23%. Datavault AI has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,399.45%. Given Datavault AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Datavault AI is more favorable than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Datavault AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Datavault AI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datavault AI has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Kulicke and Soffa Industries and Datavault AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	0.48%	-1.26%	-0.98%
Datavault AI	-2,345.48%	-1,953.50%	-186.28%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kulicke and Soffa Industries and Datavault AI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	$701.17 million	2.42	-$69.01 million	$0.12	264.45
Datavault AI	$2.67 million	18.43	-$18.72 million	N/A	N/A

Datavault AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.

Summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats Datavault AI on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kulicke and Soffa Industries

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and tools used to assemble semiconductor devices. It operates through four segments: Ball Bonding Equipment, Wedge Bonding Equipment, Advanced Solutions, and Aftermarket Products and Services (APS). The company offers ball bonding equipment, wafer level bonding equipment, wedge bonding equipment; and advanced display, die-attach, and thermocompression systems and solutions, as well as tools, spares and services for equipment. It also services, maintains, repairs, and upgrades equipment. The company serves semiconductor device manufacturers, integrated device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, other electronics manufacturers, industrial manufacturers, foundry service providers, and automotive electronics suppliers primarily in the United States and the Asia/Pacific region. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

About Datavault AI

Datavault AI Inc., a data sciences technology company, owns and operates data management and supercomputer platforms. It offers data technology and software solutions. The company was formerly known as WiSA Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Datavault AI Inc. in February 2025. Datavault AI Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.