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KLA Corporation (KLAC)

1,750.35 -65.86 (-3.63%)
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Why is KLAC moving today? KLA Corp (KLAC) fell 4.47% despite strong Q3 earnings and positive guidance because broader market gains highlighted company-specific challenges in managing expenses and margin pressure.

KLA Corp (KLAC) fell 4.47% despite strong Q3 earnings and positive guidance because broader market gains highlighted company-specific challenges in managing expenses and margin pressure.

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  • Previous Close 1,816.21
  • Open 1,682.50
  • Bid 1,730.97 x 100
  • Ask 1,686.55 x 100
  • Day's Range 1,646.00 - 1,788.66
  • 52 Week Range 674.76 - 1,939.36
  • Volume 1,887,575
  • Avg. Volume 1,002,731
  • Market Cap (intraday) 229.983B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.43
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 49.68
  • EPS (TTM) 35.23
  • Earnings Date (est.) Jul 30, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 7.60 (0.42%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Feb 17, 2026
  • 1y Target Est 1,728.59

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. It offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems 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; wafer 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. The company also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, it offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB 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

Technology

Sector

Performance Overview: KLAC

Trailing total returns as of 4/30/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

KLAC
44.24%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
5.31%

1-Year Return

KLAC
150.98%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
29.45%

3-Year Return

KLAC
365.45%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
72.90%

5-Year Return

KLAC
484.94%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
72.42%

Earnings Trends: KLAC

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q3 FY26
Revenue 3.42B
Earnings 1.24B

Q4

FY25

Q1

FY26

Q2

FY26

Q3

FY26

0
1B
2B
3B

Analyst Insights: KLAC

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Analyst Price Targets

1,350.00 Low
1,728.59 Average
1,750.35 Current
2,100.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 4/30/2026
Analyst Jefferies
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Buy
Price Action Raises
Price Target 1700 -> 2000

Statistics: KLAC

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Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 4/29/2026
  • Market Cap

    238.06B

  • Enterprise Value

    238.99B

  • Trailing P/E

    51.44

  • Forward P/E

    36.90

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    2.01

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    18.34

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    40.83

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    18.25

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    39.43

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    35.76%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    21.09%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    100.73%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    12.74B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    4.56B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    35.23

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    5.21B

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    111.78%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    3.22B

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Company Insights: KLAC

Fair Value

1,750.35 Current

Dividend Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Hiring Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Insider Sentiment Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Research Reports: KLAC

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