[May 08, 2013] Kulicke & Soffa Industries is Among the Companies in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry With the Highest Forward Earnings Yield (KLIC, AMKR, CSCD, TER, RTEC) Tweet May 08, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Semiconductor Equipment industry with the highest forward earnings yields. Using projected earnings for the current fiscal year, the forward earnings yield is useful to compare a stock's return vs. owning a similar stock or other yield assets (e.g. bonds). Generally, the higher the earnings yield, the more undervalued the stock.Kulicke & Soffa Industries ranks highest with a forward earnings yield of 14.0%. Following is Amkor Technology with a forward earnings yield of 11.7%. Cascade Microtech ranks third highest with a forward earnings yield of 9.2%. Teradyne follows with a forward earnings yield of 8.7%, and Rudolph Technologies rounds out the top five with a forward earnings yield of 7.1%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Rudolph Technologies on February 7th, 2013 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $11.91. Since that call, shares of Rudolph Technologies have fallen 11.5%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]