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KLA (KLAC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

$670.25
-12.34 (-1.81%)
(As of 10/17/2024 ET)

About KLA Stock (NASDAQ:KLAC)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$669.68
$701.22
50-Day Range
$670.25
$836.19
52-Week Range
$452.01
$896.32
Volume
1.93 million shs
Average Volume
937,860 shs
Market Capitalization
$90.24 billion
P/E Ratio
33.02
Dividend Yield
0.87%
Price Target
$804.57
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

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.

KLA Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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99th Percentile Overall Score

KLAC MarketRank™: 

KLA scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 8th out of 659 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    KLA has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.59, and is based on 13 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    KLA has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about KLA's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for KLA are expected to grow by 12.32% in the coming year, from $29.13 to $32.72 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of KLA is 33.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 133.51.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of KLA is 33.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 260.56.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    KLA has a PEG Ratio of 1.60. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    KLA has a P/B Ratio of 26.79. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about KLA's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.82% of the float of KLA has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    KLA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in KLA has recently decreased by 0.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    KLA has a dividend yield of 0.72%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    KLA has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of KLA is 30.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, KLA will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.73% next year. This indicates that KLA will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about KLA's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.82% of the float of KLA has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    KLA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in KLA has recently decreased by 0.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    KLA has a news sentiment score of 0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for KLA this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    26 people have searched for KLAC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 30% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    8 people have added KLA to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 167% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, KLA insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $14,532,193.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.12% of the stock of KLA is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    86.65% of the stock of KLA is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about KLA's insider trading history.
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KLAC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

KLA's stock was trading at $581.30 at the start of the year. Since then, KLAC stock has increased by 15.3% and is now trading at $670.25.
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KLA Co. (NASDAQ:KLAC) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The semiconductor company reported $6.60 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.15 by $0.45. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.1% on a year-over-year basis.
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KLA's board initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, September 5th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 2.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

The following companies are subsidiaries of KLA: Qoniac, Filmetrics, CAPRES, MicroSense, Orbotech, Zeta Instruments, Luminescent Technologies, and others.

KLA's top institutional shareholders include Swedbank AB (0.41%), Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.17%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.06%) and Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Richard P Wallace, Ahmad A Khan, Bren D Higgins, Oreste Donzella, Brian Lorig, Mary Beth Wilkinson, Virendra A Kirloskar and Jeneanne Michelle Hanley.
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Shares of KLAC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that KLA investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
7/24/2024
Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend
8/15/2024
Dividend Payable
9/03/2024
Today
10/17/2024
Next Earnings (Confirmed)
10/30/2024
Fiscal Year End
6/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Optical instruments & lenses
Sub-Industry
Semiconductor Equipment
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:KLAC
CUSIP
48248010
Employees
15,230
Year Founded
1976

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$804.57
High Stock Price Target
$950.00
Low Stock Price Target
$550.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+20.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.59
Research Coverage
22 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$2.76 billion
Pretax Margin
32.51%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$9.81 billion
Cash Flow
$24.28 per share
Book Value
$25.02 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
133,815,000
Market Cap
$90.24 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.27

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This page (NASDAQ:KLAC) was last updated on 10/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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