On the 31st of December, Royce & Associates bought 150 thousand Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC) shares for $4.8 million at an average price of $31.81 per share. Shares of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I are up 15.25% since the transaction.
Royce & Associates's holding in Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I increased to about 3 million shares with the purchase.
Royce & Associates first bought Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I stock in the first quarter of 2001. Royce & Associates also owns MKS Instruments Inc (NASDAQ:MKSI), Cirrus Logic Inc (NASDAQ:CRUS), CMC Materials, Inc. (CCMP) and Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS). Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I is its number one position by number of shares and market value among semiconductors stocks.
Other investors who also added to their Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I shares include Fisher Asset Management, Olstein Capital Management, and Polar Capital. Contrary to Royce & Associates, Citigroup (NYSE:C), Congress Asset Management, and Millennium Management reduced KLIC shares, while Squarepoint Ops sold all their KLIC shares.
Royce & Associates has also recently reduced their share in AXT Inc (NASDAQ:AXTI), Intevac , Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC) and Aehr Test Systems (AEHR). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $5.9 million.
Royce & Associates also reduced their share in Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC), Century Casinos , Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY), Heidrick & Struggles Internatio (NASDAQ:HSII), Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN), Kimball International, Inc. (KBAL), Insteel Industries , Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIN), Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC), Meredith Corp (NYSE:MDP), FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO), Bowl America, Inc. (BWL.A), Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN), Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM), Kadant Inc (NYSE:KAI), Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR), Synalloy Corporation (SYNL), LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS), PICO Holdings Inc. (PICO), Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), Universal Stainless & Alloy Pro (USAP), LightPath Technologies, Inc. (LPTH), National Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NKSH), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (TSBK), Ames National Corporation (ATLO), Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM), Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC), Chembio Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CEMI), Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG), New Home Company Inc. (The) (NWHM), Marcus & Millichap (MMI) and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SMHI). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $154 million.
In addition, Royce & Associates added to their share in Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC), Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX), Shoe Carnival , Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL), Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGI), National Presto Industries, Inc (NPK), John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS), Hooker Furniture Corporation (NASDAQ:HOFT), Johnson Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ:JOUT), Forrester Research , Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), Luna Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:LUNA), PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCTI), Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL), Seneca Foods Corp. (SENEA), Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (FBSS), AstroNova, Inc. (ALOT), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS), IntriCon Corporation (IIN), Mesa Laboratories , Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB), America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRMT), CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (NYSE:CVU), EVI Industries, Inc. (EVI), Iteris , Inc. (NASDAQ:ITI), Aviat Networks , Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNW), Silvercrest Asset Management Gr (SAMG), Horizon Global Corporation (NYSE:HZN), MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCFT), Unique Fabricating, Inc. (NYSE:UFAB), SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ:SCWX), Infrastructure and Energy Alter (IEA), International Money Express, In (NASDAQ:IMXI), RA Medical Systems Inc (RMED) and OneWater Marine Inc. (NASDAQ:ONEW). The total value of the shares bought is estimated at around $126 million.