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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$145.66
+0.4%
$165.45
$141.16
$255.89
$118.34B1.626.27 million shs5.87 million shs
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$682.46
+0.4%
$724.58
$609.40
$896.32
$90.69B1.31.00 million shs669,286 shs
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
$33.50
+1.6%
$39.47
$31.77
$53.71
$1.79B1.38516,468 shs714,491 shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
+0.37%-5.19%-7.85%-10.43%-30.20%
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
+0.39%-5.46%-3.72%+8.31%-4.00%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
+1.58%-8.09%-12.46%-28.20%-33.62%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.9365 of 5 stars
4.33.02.52.33.52.52.5
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
4.6981 of 5 stars
3.33.03.33.13.42.51.3
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
3.0751 of 5 stars
3.31.01.70.02.71.71.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
2.70
Moderate Buy$214.6747.38% Upside
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
2.67
Moderate Buy$832.1721.94% Upside
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
2.60
Moderate Buy$52.0055.22% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KLIC, KLAC, and AMAT Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
3/31/2025
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Morgan Stanley
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UpgradeEqual Weight ➝ Overweight$748.00 ➝ $870.00
3/28/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Jefferies Financial Group
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$195.00
3/28/2025
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Jefferies Financial Group
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Hold$875.00 ➝ $725.00
3/12/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Edward Jones
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy
2/18/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$194.00 ➝ $202.00
2/14/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Needham & Company LLC
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$200.00 ➝ $195.00
2/14/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Barclays
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$200.00 ➝ $190.00
2/11/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Stifel Nicolaus
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$250.00 ➝ $235.00
2/6/2025
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$53.00 ➝ $53.00
2/3/2025
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$703.00 ➝ $748.00
1/31/2025
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$759.00 ➝ $864.00
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$27.64B4.28$7.81 per share18.65$23.05 per share6.32
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$10.85B8.36$25.58 per share26.68$26.97 per share25.30
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
$701.17M2.55$0.71 per share47.39$18.22 per share1.84
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$7.18B$7.6519.0414.461.8122.95%39.50%22.12%5/15/2025 (Estimated)
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$2.76B$23.7828.7021.271.5729.58%108.60%24.20%4/24/2025 (Estimated)
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
-$69.01M$0.12279.1719.36N/A0.48%-1.26%-0.98%4/28/2025 (Estimated)

Latest KLIC, KLAC, and AMAT Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/24/2025N/A
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$8.07N/AN/AN/A$3.01 billionN/A
2/13/2025Q1 2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$2.28$2.38+$0.10$1.45$7.16 billionN/A
2/4/2025Q1 2025
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
$0.28$0.27-$0.01$1.51$165.00 millionN/A
1/30/2025Q2 2025
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$7.73$8.20+$0.47$6.16$2.95 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$1.841.26%+17.37%24.05%N/A
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$6.801.00%+15.76%28.60%15 Years
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
$0.822.45%+10.91%683.33%N/A

Latest KLIC, KLAC, and AMAT Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
3/10/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
quarterly$0.461.18%5/22/20255/22/20256/12/2025
3/6/2025
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
quarterly$0.20502.19%3/20/20253/20/20254/8/2025
2/13/2025
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
quarterly$1.700.89%2/24/20252/24/20253/4/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
0.29
2.67
1.96
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
1.64
2.36
1.63
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
N/A
5.99
4.90

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
80.56%
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
86.65%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
98.22%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
0.24%
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
0.12%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
3.40%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
33,000812.44 million810.75 millionOptionable
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
14,000132.89 million132.73 millionOptionable
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. stock logo
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
2,74653.38 million51.57 millionOptionable

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Applied Materials stock logo

Applied Materials NASDAQ:AMAT

$145.66 +0.54 (+0.37%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$144.90 -0.76 (-0.52%)
As of 04:46 AM Eastern
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Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

KLA stock logo

KLA NASDAQ:KLAC

$682.46 +2.66 (+0.39%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$686.40 +3.94 (+0.58%)
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KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems that are used to measure pattern dimensions, film thickness, film stress, layer-to-layer alignment, pattern placement, surface topography, and electro-optical properties for wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; and semiconductor software solutions that provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification to accelerate yield learning rates and reduce production risk. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, the company offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, UV laser drilling, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB market; inspection and electrical testing systems to identify and classify defects, as well as systems to repair defects for the display market; and inspection and metrology systems for quality control and yield improvement in advanced and traditional semiconductor packaging markets. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries stock logo

Kulicke and Soffa Industries NASDAQ:KLIC

$33.50 +0.52 (+1.58%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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.