Compare Stocks: KLAC, ACLS, AEIS, and AMAT

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	$142.31 -3.7%	$123.88	$73.60 ▼ $193.78	$4.56B	1.86	342,651 shs	372,500 shs
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$297.29 -2.3%	$288.83	$169.35 ▼ $397.44	$12.19B	1.31	494,318 shs	592,383 shs
AMAT Applied Materials	$542.28 +0.4%	$485.98	$203.40 ▼ $739.67	$428.57B	1.6	6.04 million shs	4.64 million shs
KLAC KLA	$206.85 0.0%	$186.79	$98.10 ▼ $307.37	$269.99B	1.45	8.92 million shs	7.98 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	0.00%	+20.03%	+28.41%	+5.57%	+66.58%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	0.00%	+8.80%	+8.32%	-2.11%	+75.01%
AMAT Applied Materials	0.00%	+11.35%	+18.77%	-8.90%	+148.26%
KLAC KLA	0.00%	+10.09%	+11.47%	-11.32%	+87.82%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	$142.31 -3.7%	$123.88	$73.60 ▼ $193.78	$4.56B	1.86	342,651 shs	372,500 shs
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$297.29 -2.3%	$288.83	$169.35 ▼ $397.44	$12.19B	1.31	494,318 shs	592,383 shs
AMAT Applied Materials	$542.28 +0.4%	$485.98	$203.40 ▼ $739.67	$428.57B	1.6	6.04 million shs	4.64 million shs
KLAC KLA	$206.85 0.0%	$186.79	$98.10 ▼ $307.37	$269.99B	1.45	8.92 million shs	7.98 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	0.00%	+20.03%	+28.41%	+5.57%	+66.58%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	0.00%	+8.80%	+8.32%	-2.11%	+75.01%
AMAT Applied Materials	0.00%	+11.35%	+18.77%	-8.90%	+148.26%
KLAC KLA	0.00%	+10.09%	+11.47%	-11.32%	+87.82%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	2.00	Hold	$148.67	4.47% Upside
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	2.93	Moderate Buy	$409.50	37.74% Upside
AMAT Applied Materials	2.82	Moderate Buy	$640.20	18.06% Upside
KLAC KLA	2.62	Moderate Buy	$222.22	7.43% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KLAC, ACLS, AEIS, and AMAT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/2/2026	KLAC KLA	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/28/2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/28/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$642.00 ➝ $563.00
9/28/2026	KLAC KLA	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
9/22/2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
9/9/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/1/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$675.00 ➝ $695.00
9/1/2026	KLAC KLA	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$215.00 ➝ $200.00
8/26/2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/25/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/25/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$650.00 ➝ $590.00

(Data available from 10/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	$839.05M	5.24	$4.71 per share	30.23	$33.70 per share	4.22
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$1.80B	6.62	$6.89 per share	43.13	$36.10 per share	8.24
AMAT Applied Materials	$28.37B	15.17	$10.14 per share	53.50	$25.63 per share	21.16
KLAC KLA	$13.58B	19.88	$4.10 per share	50.48	$4.86 per share	42.56

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	$120.24M	$2.98	47.76	31.00	4.51	10.71%	11.69%	8.89%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$148.40M	$5.36	55.46	24.15	N/A	10.77%	20.75%	10.39%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
AMAT Applied Materials	$7.00B	$11.60	46.75	29.63	1.50	30.05%	38.02%	22.09%	11/12/2026 (Estimated)
KLAC KLA	$4.83B	$3.67	56.41	31.63	1.84	35.57%	87.66%	29.23%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest KLAC, ACLS, AEIS, and AMAT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/28/2026	Q1 2027	KLAC KLA	$1.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.04 billion	N/A
8/13/2026	Q3 2026	AMAT Applied Materials	$3.40	$3.50	+$0.10	$3.17	$8.99 billion	$9.12 billion
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	ACLS Axcelis Technologies	$0.8940	$1.06	+$0.1660	$0.75	$205.03 million	$215.18 million
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$2.21	$2.74	+$0.53	$1.28	$544.42 million	$574.10 million
7/28/2026	Q4 2026	KLAC KLA	$1.00	$1.05	+$0.05	$1.04	$3.61 billion	$3.66 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	$0.40	0.13%	N/A	7.46%	N/A
AMAT Applied Materials	$2.12	0.39%	+14.87%	18.28%	8 Years
KLAC KLA	$0.92	0.44%	+17.32%	25.07%	16 Years

Latest KLAC, ACLS, AEIS, and AMAT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/10/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	quarterly	$0.53	0.47%	11/19/2026	11/19/2026	12/10/2026
8/3/2026	AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	quarterly	$0.10	0.15%	8/24/2026	8/24/2026	9/4/2026
8/6/2026	KLAC KLA	quarterly	$0.23	0.45%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	9/1/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	0.04	4.90	3.21
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	0.78	3.79	2.94
AMAT Applied Materials	0.20	2.42	1.79
KLAC KLA	0.93	2.88	2.03

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	89.98%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	99.67%
AMAT Applied Materials	80.56%
KLAC KLA	86.65%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	0.49%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	1.30%
AMAT Applied Materials	0.30%
KLAC KLA	79.39%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ACLS Axcelis Technologies	1,515	30.88 million	30.73 million	Optionable
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries	13,000	40.05 million	39.53 million	Optionable
AMAT Applied Materials	36,500	793.60 million	791.22 million	Optionable
KLAC KLA	17,200	1.31 billion	268.96 million	Optionable

KLAC, ACLS, AEIS, and AMAT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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KLAC, ACLS, AEIS, and AMAT Company Descriptions

Axcelis Technologies NASDAQ:ACLS

$142.31 -5.46 (-3.69%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$143.66 +1.35 (+0.95%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company offers high energy, high current, and medium current implanters for various application requirements. It also provides aftermarket lifecycle products and services, including used tools, spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. It sells its equipment and services to semiconductor chip manufacturers through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Advanced Energy Industries NASDAQ:AEIS

$297.29 -6.99 (-2.30%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$301.90 +4.60 (+1.55%)

As of 07:33 PM Eastern

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. provides precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions in the United States and internationally. The company's plasma power products offer solutions to enable innovation for semiconductor and thin film plasma processes, such as dry etch and deposition. It also provides high and low voltage power products used in a range of applications, such as semiconductor equipment, industrial production, medical and life science equipment, data centers computing, networking, and telecommunications. In addition, the company supplies sensing, controls, and instrumentation products for advanced measurement and calibration of power and temperature. Further, the company provides calibration, conversions, upgrades, and refurbishments and used equipment to companies, as well as repair services. Further, it offers warranty and after-market repair services. It offers its products through a direct sales force, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and distributors. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Applied Materials NASDAQ:AMAT

$542.28 +2.24 (+0.41%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$543.25 +0.97 (+0.18%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

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 NASDAQ:KLAC

$206.85 -0.04 (-0.02%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$207.25 +0.40 (+0.19%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

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.

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