Stock Evaluator: KLA Corporation (KLAC)

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KLA Corporation KLAC

$168.95 -3.31 -1.92%
September 3, 2026 9:31:17 AM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 157,840
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NASD | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Information Technology Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

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COMPANY SUMMARY
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.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics KLAC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $225,065.7 $4,650.6 99%
Shares Out (Mil) 1,315.0 62.3 95%
Institutional Ownership 99.9% 94.7% 96%
Float (Mil) 1,303.4 81.6 93%
Beta 1.46 1.65 81%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 8,196 906 96%
Price Change
(52-week)
103.5% 58.4% 92%
Growth KLAC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 14.4% 8.5% 71%
Net Income (5yr) 18.4% (4.4%) 70%
EPS (5yr) 22.3% 4.3% 72
Dividends (5yr) 17.3% 0.0% 75%
Cash Flow (5yr) (35.3%) (7.4%) 15%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 22 24 22
Current EPS $1.179 $5.453 $6.689
Month Ago EPS $1.179 $5.448 $6.549
# Rev Up 0 1 0
# Rev Down 1 0 1
Three Months Ago EPS $1.120 $5.017 $5.914
Year/Year Chg 13.9% 49.0% 118.8%
Financials KLAC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $13,580 $924 87%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $4,831 $29 97%
EPS (TTM) $3.683 $0.400 81%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $4,143 $140 94%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) ($429) $48 6%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $6,099 $91 87%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $260,089 $4,986 99%
Valuation KLAC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 35.44 4.58 98%
P/E 47.1 48.4 83%
Dividend Yield 0.5% 0.0% 62%
PEG (5yr hist) 2.1 2.4 70%
Ratios KLAC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 61.3% 45.6% 74%
Net Margin 35.6% 7.6% 92%
ROA 28.4% 3.5% 98%
ROE 87.5% 6.2% 96%
Liabilities to Assets 64.6% 31.1% 60%
F-Score 8 5 93%

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As of 9/2/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, KLAC meetings the criteria of 1 screen:

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