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Low riskNext report: Around Nov 18 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 123% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 1.6% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (259 bought, 187 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$75.42+2.4% that day
- Company value
- $3.9B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 34.8x
- You pay about $35 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 4.2x
- Company value is 4.2 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 1.1%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 9%
- Cash as a share of company value
From KLIC's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jul '26$330.4M+123% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJul '26
Last 12 months: $950.2M, up 44% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 1.0% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.0.0%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.0.0%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$96.4M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-13.1% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.42.5%
- Revenue
- $654.1M
- -7.4% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +1.0%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 4.64x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jul 4, 2026- Revenue
- $330.4M
- +122.6% YoY
- EPS
- $1.07
- vs -$0.06
- Op. margin
- 20.7%
- +24.8 pts
- Gross margin
- 47.8%
- +1.1 pts
- Free cash flow
- $40.9M
- Share count
- +1.4%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.9
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+1.6%Institutions added 1.6% to their holdings. 259 bought, 187 sold. 3 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions48.5M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-2.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
52MNext reportAround Nov 18 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 6
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedNov 19, 2025
- Results filedAug 6, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Shares withheld for taxesRobert Nestor ChylakSenior Vice President
1,029 shares at $78.63 · $81K
- -3% of holdings
- Now owns 32,104 shares
- Filed 3 days after trade
Stock awardZi Yao LimGeneral Counsel
4,071 shares
- +19% of holdings
- Now owns 25,285 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardRobert Nestor ChylakSenior Vice President
5,753 shares
- +21% of holdings
- Now owns 33,133 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardLester A WongCFO
6,424 shares
- +8% of holdings
- Now owns 82,430 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardNelson Munpun WongSenior Vice President
5,734 shares
- +7% of holdings
- Now owns 88,089 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardRajendra K TalluriCEO, Director
28,398 shares
- +32% of holdings
- Now owns 118,095 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade