Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate KLA Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding KLA Corporation’s stock price such as:

• KLA Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why KLA Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for KLAC from analysts
• KLAC’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About KLA Corporation (KLAC)

Before we jump into KLA Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. 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; 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; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components. In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia. 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.

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KLA Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of August 14, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, KLA Corporation’s stock price was $203.720.

KLA Corporation is down 2.7% from its previous closing price of $209.370.

During the last market session, KLA Corporation’s stock traded between $200.860 and $208.870. Currently, there are approximately 1,306.52 million shares outstanding for KLA Corporation.

KLA Corporation’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 55.7, which is low compared to the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry median of 56.6. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

KLA Corporation Stock Price History

KLA Corporation’s (KLAC) price is currently up 11.43% so far this month.

During the month of August, KLA Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $214.800 and a low of $174.600.

Over the last year, KLA Corporation has hit prices as high as $307.374 and as low as $83.224. Year to date, KLA Corporation’s stock is up 67.66%.

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What Caused KLA Corporation Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of August 14, 2026, there was 1 analyst who downgraded KLA Corporation’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate KLA Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on KLA Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

KLA Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a F, which means it is considered to be Ultra Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about KLA Corporation (KLAC) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of KLA Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of August 14, 2026, KLA Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 13.90%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 86 and is considered to be Very Strong.

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KLA Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of August 14, 2026, KLA Corporation’s stock price is $203.720, which is down 2.7% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like KLA Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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