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Technology Stocks : Kulicke and Soffa -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HoodBuilder who wrote (2466)	1/16/1998 5:15:00 PM
From: Schafe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5482

First Call via AOL shows .22 earnings estimate for December quarter. FIRST CALL EARNINGS ESTIMATES KLIC Kulicke And Soffa Industries 01/12/98 Industry: Factory Equip SIC: 3559 Latest Price: $17.13 1998 P/E: 9.5 Analyst Recommendation: 2.1 QTR QTR FY FY Dec 97 Mar 98 Sep 98 Sep --- --- -- -- CURRENT MEAN EPS 0.22 0.46 1.80 2.60 Number of Brokers 9 8 9 5 Median 0.22 0.47 1.90 2.69 Standard Deviation 0.02 0.04 0.20 0.38 Current High 0.25 0.53 2.00 3.00 Current Low 0.16 0.39 1.44 1.96 Year Ago EPS 0.02A 0.46A 1.78A 1.80 Current vs. Year Ago Change 1000% 0% 1% 44% Report Date wk/Jan 23 wk/Apr 23 wk/Nov 16 - EARNINGS ESTIMATE REVISION MOMENTUM Up Revisions last 7 days 0 0 0 0 Up Revisions last 30 days 0 0 0 0 Down Revisions last 7 days 0 0 0 0 Down Revisions last 30 days 0 1 2 0 EARNINGS ESTIMATES CONSENSUS TRENDS Current Mean 0.22 0.46 1.80 2.60 7-days ago Mean 0.22 0.46 1.80 2.58 30-days ago Mean 0.22 0.50 1.92 2.48 60-days ago Mean 0.38 0.53 2.31 - 90-days ago Mean 0.38 0.53 2.31 - COMPARATIVE ESTIMATES AND TRENDS Industry - Factory Equ 7.25 6.70 31.74 - Current vs. Year Ago Change 18% 35% 19% - Sector - INDUSTRIAL 9.56 9.02 41.22 40.69 Current vs. Year Ago Change 10% 20% 15% -1% WSJ/DJ US Index 11.15 10.95 46.69 55.82 Current vs. Year Ago Change 8% 10% 12% 20% Ratios Relative To: Company Industry Sector WSJ/DJ P/E on 1998 Cal Yr Mean 7.6 12.33 15.39 18.26 PEG on 1998 Cal Yr Mean 0.38 1.03 1.19 1.46 RECOMMENDATION AND GROWTH RATES RECOMMENDATIONS LONG TERM GROWTH RATES Current Mean 2.1 Next 5 yrs - Median 20% Number of Brokers 9 Number of Brokers 3 Industry Recommendation: 1.9 Industry Growth Rate: 12% 7-days ago Mean 2.1 Next 5 yrs - High 25% 30-days ago Mean 2.0 Next 5 yrs - Low 14% 60-days ago Mean 1.8 Last 5 Years 9% 90-days ago Mean 1.8 Diff. from Industry -0.2 Rel. to Industry 1.7 Diff. from Sector +0.0 Rel. to Sector 1.5 Diff. from WSJ/DJ US +0.1 Rel. to WSJ/DJ US 1.6 Transmitted: 01/13/98 08:52 (E_KLIC)