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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$190.70
+0.4%
$165.87
$123.74
$255.89
$153.04B1.697.06 million shs3.57 million shs
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$914.70
-0.7%
$794.94
$551.33
$927.97
$122.05B1.421.13 million shs486,909 shs
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$98.72
-0.1%
$84.60
$56.32
$113.00
$126.27B1.6812.31 million shs5.02 million shs
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$72.30
-1.2%
$60.60
$34.13
$96.98
$39.00B1.528.86 million shs3.81 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
+3.40%+3.79%+20.82%+40.22%-21.11%
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
+2.48%+3.09%+20.81%+48.37%+9.77%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
+2.09%+2.93%+19.82%+51.53%-7.88%
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
+2.06%+2.18%+21.93%+79.71%-20.53%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.8449 of 5 stars
2.44.02.52.34.03.32.5
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
4.4788 of 5 stars
2.33.03.33.22.92.51.3
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
4.4708 of 5 stars
2.44.03.32.53.01.71.3
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
3.7754 of 5 stars
2.42.02.53.02.82.50.0
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
2.73
Moderate Buy$200.765.28% Upside
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
2.58
Moderate Buy$818.06-10.57% Downside
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
2.79
Moderate Buy$94.20-4.57% Downside
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
2.75
Moderate Buy$70.15-2.97% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AMAT, LRCX, KLAC, and MCHP Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/1/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$158.00 ➝ $169.00
7/1/2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$868.00 ➝ $916.00
7/1/2025
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$82.00 ➝ $87.00
6/24/2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight
6/24/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Set Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$200.00 ➝ $220.00
6/24/2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$800.00 ➝ $950.00
6/24/2025
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$90.00 ➝ $115.00
6/18/2025
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
B. Riley
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$95.00 ➝ $115.00
6/18/2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$52.00 ➝ $64.00
6/18/2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Initiated CoverageNeutral$70.00
6/17/2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
Oppenheimer
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$740.00 ➝ $950.00
(Data available from 7/3/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$27.18B5.63$9.57 per share19.93$23.63 per share8.07
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$9.81B12.33$29.67 per share30.83$25.02 per share36.56
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$14.91B8.47$3.40 per share29.05$6.53 per share15.12
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$4.40B8.86$2.56 per share28.21$13.14 per share5.50
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$7.18B$8.2223.2018.942.0524.06%40.15%22.42%8/13/2025 (Estimated)
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$2.76B$27.5133.5528.501.6731.99%112.97%26.75%7/23/2025 (Estimated)
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$3.83B$3.5927.5126.251.3727.18%53.21%24.07%7/30/2025 (Estimated)
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
-$500K-$0.01N/A75.312.13-0.01%8.55%3.53%7/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest AMAT, LRCX, KLAC, and MCHP Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/30/2025Q4 2025
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$1.20N/AN/AN/A$4.99 billionN/A
7/23/2025Q4 2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$8.53N/AN/AN/A$3.08 billionN/A
5/15/2025Q2 2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$2.31$2.39+$0.08$2.63$7.12 billion$7.10 billion
5/8/2025Q4 2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$0.10$0.11+$0.01-$0.29$962.86 million$970.50 million
4/30/2025Q3 2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$8.08$8.41+$0.33$8.16$3.01 billion$3.06 billion
4/23/2025Q3 2025
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$1.00$1.04+$0.04$1.03$4.64 billion$4.72 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$1.840.96%N/A22.38%8 Years
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$7.600.83%N/A27.63%16 Years
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$0.920.93%N/A25.63%10 Years
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$1.822.52%N/AN/A 23 Years

Latest AMAT, LRCX, KLAC, and MCHP Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
6/10/2025
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
quarterly$0.461.06%8/21/20258/21/20259/11/2025
5/20/2025
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
quarterly$0.231.11%6/18/20256/18/20257/9/2025
5/8/2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
quarterly$0.45503.71%5/22/20255/22/20256/5/2025
5/8/2025
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
quarterly$1.901.08%5/19/20255/19/20256/3/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
0.29
2.46
1.76
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
1.47
2.54
1.74
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
0.39
2.45
1.64
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
0.80
2.59
1.47

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
80.56%
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
86.65%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
84.61%
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
91.51%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
0.24%
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
0.12%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
0.29%
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
2.10%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
35,700802.50 million800.57 millionOptionable
KLA Corporation stock logo
KLAC
KLA
15,230132.24 million132.08 millionOptionable
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
17,4501.28 billion1.28 billionOptionable
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
19,400539.40 million528.07 millionOptionable

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Applied Materials stock logo

Applied Materials NASDAQ:AMAT

$190.70 +0.69 (+0.36%)
As of 03:14 PM Eastern
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Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

KLA stock logo

KLA NASDAQ:KLAC

$914.70 -6.40 (-0.69%)
As of 03:14 PM Eastern
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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.

Lam Research stock logo

Lam Research NASDAQ:LRCX

$98.72 -0.12 (-0.12%)
As of 03:15 PM Eastern
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Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal films for tungsten metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SOLA ultraviolet thermal processing products for film treatments; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD ALD products. It also provides SPEED gapfill high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition products; and Striker single-wafer atomic layer deposition products for dielectric film solutions. In addition, the company offers Flex for dielectric etch applications; Kiyo for conductor etch applications; Syndion for through-silicon via etch applications; and Versys metal products for metal etch processes. Further, it provides Coronus bevel clean products to enhance die yield; Da Vinci, DV-Prime, EOS, and SP series products to address various wafer cleaning applications; and Metryx mass metrology systems for high precision in-line mass measurement in semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The company sells its products and services to semiconductors industry in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

Microchip Technology stock logo

Microchip Technology NASDAQ:MCHP

$72.30 -0.86 (-1.18%)
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Microchip Technology Incorporated engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company offers general purpose 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit mixed-signal microcontrollers; 32-bit embedded mixed-signal microprocessors; and specialized microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, computing, communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, human machine interface, security, wired connectivity, and wireless connectivity applications. It also provides analog, interface, mixed signal, and timing products comprising power management, linear, mixed-signal, high-voltage, thermal management, discrete diodes, and metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETS), radio frequency (RF), drivers, safety, security, timing, USB, Ethernet, wireless, and other interface products; field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products; and application development tools that enable system designers to program microcontroller, FPGA, and microprocessor products for specific applications. In addition, the company offers serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, serial flash memories, parallel flash memories, serial static random access memories, and serial electrically erasable random access memories for the production of very small footprint devices; and licenses its SuperFlash embedded flash and non-volatile memory technologies to foundries, integrated device manufacturers, and design partners for use in the manufacture of microcontroller products, gate array, RF, analog, and neuromorphic compute products that require embedded non-volatile memory, as well as provides engineering services. Further, it offers wafer foundry and assembly, and test subcontracting manufacturing services; and timing systems products, application specific integrated circuits, and aerospace products. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.