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787.39 +12.83 (+1.66%)
At close: October 4 at 4:00 PM EDT
786.87 -0.52 (-0.07%)
After hours: October 4 at 7:48 PM EDT
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  • Previous Close 774.56
  • Open 800.46
  • Bid 785.46 x 100
  • Ask 789.16 x 100
  • Day's Range 777.21 - 800.46
  • 52 Week Range 452.01 - 896.32
  • Volume 745,301
  • Avg. Volume 987,179
  • Market Cap (intraday) 105.491B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.27
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 38.77
  • EPS (TTM) 20.31
  • Earnings Date Oct 23, 2024 - Oct 28, 2024
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 5.80 (0.74%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Aug 15, 2024
  • 1y Target Est 846.28

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.

www.kla.com

15,000

Full Time Employees

June 30

Fiscal Year Ends

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Performance Overview: KLAC

Trailing total returns as of 10/4/2024, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is

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YTD Return

KLAC
36.28%
S&P 500
20.57%

1-Year Return

KLAC
75.81%
S&P 500
35.98%

3-Year Return

KLAC
143.07%
S&P 500
31.99%

5-Year Return

KLAC
435.52%
S&P 500
97.59%

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Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 10/4/2024
  • Market Cap

    105.49B

  • Enterprise Value

    107.81B

  • Trailing P/E

    38.83

  • Forward P/E

    26.88

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    1.62

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    10.93

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    31.32

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    10.99

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    27.62

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    28.15%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    15.39%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    87.85%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    9.81B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    2.76B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    20.31

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    4.5B

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    202.46%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    2.18B

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Earnings Per Share

Consensus EPS
 

Revenue vs. Earnings

Revenue 2.57B
Earnings 836.45M
 

Analyst Recommendations

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Analyst Price Targets

680.00 Low
846.28 Average
787.39 Current
975.00 High
 

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  • KLA Earnings: We Raise Our Fair Value Estimate to $670 From $530, but Shares Remain Overvalued

    KLA is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segment of semiconductor process control, wherein machines inspect semiconductor wafers during research and development and manufacturing for defects and verify precise measurements. In this section of the market, KLA holds a majority share. It also has a small exposure to the etch and deposition segments of the WFE market. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC and Samsung.

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  • KLA Earnings: We Raise Our Fair Value Estimate to $670 From $530, but Shares Remain Overvalued

    KLA is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segment of semiconductor process control, wherein machines inspect semiconductor wafers during research and development and manufacturing for defects and verify precise measurements. In this section of the market, KLA holds a majority share. It also has a small exposure to the etch and deposition segments of the WFE market. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC and Samsung.

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  • KLA Earnings: We Raise Our Fair Value Estimate to $670 From $530, but Shares Remain Overvalued

    KLA is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segment of semiconductor process control, wherein machines inspect semiconductor wafers during research and development and manufacturing for defects and verify precise measurements. In this section of the market, KLA holds a majority share. It also has a small exposure to the etch and deposition segments of the WFE market. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC and Samsung.

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  • KLA Earnings: We Raise Our Fair Value Estimate to $670 From $530, but Shares Remain Overvalued

    KLA is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segment of semiconductor process control, wherein machines inspect semiconductor wafers during research and development and manufacturing for defects and verify precise measurements. In this section of the market, KLA holds a majority share. It also has a small exposure to the etch and deposition segments of the WFE market. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC and Samsung.

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