QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK – Get Free Report) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares QuickLogic and Kulicke and Soffa Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| QuickLogic | $13.77 million | 19.40 | -$14.82 million | ($0.89) | -16.46 |
| Kulicke and Soffa Industries | $654.08 million | 7.51 | $210,000.00 | $1.04 | 90.24 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for QuickLogic and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QuickLogic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Kulicke and Soffa Industries | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
QuickLogic presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.17%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus target price of $59.25, suggesting a potential downside of 36.87%. Given QuickLogic’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than Kulicke and Soffa Industries.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of QuickLogic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
QuickLogic has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares QuickLogic and Kulicke and Soffa Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| QuickLogic | -102.41% | -48.97% | -27.97% |
| Kulicke and Soffa Industries | 7.16% | 7.29% | 5.38% |
Summary
Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats QuickLogic on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corporation operates as a fabless semiconductor company in the United States. The company offers embedded FPGA intellectual property, low power, multicore semiconductor system-on-chips, discrete FPGAs, and AI software; and end-to-end artificial intelligence/machine learning solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. It provides various platforms, such as software tools and eFPGA IP enables the adoption of AI, voice, and sensor processing across aerospace, and defense, consumer/industrial IOT, and consumer electronics markets. In addition, the company engages in the eFPGA IP Licensing business consisting of development and integration of eFPGA technology into custom semiconductor solutions. Further, the company offers silicon products, such as EOS, QuickAI, ArcticLink III, PolarPro 3, PolarPro II, PolarPro, and Eclipse II products; and PASIC 3 and QuickRAM, as well as programming hardware and design software services. The company markets and sells its products to defense industrial base contractors, U.S. government entities, system OEMs, and fabless semiconductor companies through a network of sales managers and distributors in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It has a strategic partnership with YorChip to develop low-power unified chiplet interconnect express FPGA chiplets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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.
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