KLA-Tencor Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries worldwide. The company offers chip and wafer manufacturing products, including defect inspection and review systems, metrology solutions, in situ process monitoring products, computational lithography software, and data analytics systems for chip manufacturers to manage yield throughout the semiconductor fabrication process. It also provides reticle manufacturing products, such as reticle inspection, metrology, and data analytics systems for mask shops; and packaging manufacturing products comprising standalone and cluster inspection and metrology systems that include wafer-level packaging inspection/metrology and component inspection/metrology products for various applications in the field of semiconductor packaging. In addition, the company offers compound semiconductor, power device, light emitting diode, and microelectromechanical system manufacturing products for the display market; data storage media/head manufacturing products, which comprise process control equipment, test equipment and surface profilers, and metrology and defect inspection solutions; and optical and stylus profilers, and in situ process monitoring products for general purpose/lab applications. Further, it provides refurbished systems, remanufactured systems, and enhanced and upgraded systems under the K-T Pro name; and service engineering, technical support, and knowledge management system services. The company offers its products and services for use by various bare wafer, integrated circuit, reticle, and hard disk drive manufacturers. KLA-Tencor Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Optical instruments & lenses
Sub-IndustrySemiconductor Equipment
SectorComputer and Technology
Phone408-875-3000
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$4.04 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees6,550
Next Earnings Date7/29/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ:KLAC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is KLA-Tencor's stock symbol?
KLA-Tencor trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KLAC."
How often does KLA-Tencor pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for KLA-Tencor?
KLA-Tencor declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Tuesday, June 4th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 14th. View KLA-Tencor's Dividend History.
How will KLA-Tencor's stock buyback program work?
KLA-Tencor declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
How were KLA-Tencor's earnings last quarter?
KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 6th. The semiconductor company reported $1.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.63 by $0.17. The semiconductor company had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. KLA-Tencor had a net margin of 29.83% and a return on equity of 72.34%. The firm's revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.02 earnings per share. View KLA-Tencor's Earnings History.
When is KLA-Tencor's next earnings date?
What guidance has KLA-Tencor issued on next quarter's earnings?
KLA-Tencor updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Monday, May, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.55-1.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.21-1.29 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.21 billion.
What price target have analysts set for KLAC?
11 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for KLA-Tencor's stock. Their forecasts range from $107.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate KLA-Tencor's share price to reach $133.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for KLA-Tencor.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for KLA-Tencor?
11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA-Tencor in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for KLA-Tencor.
Has KLA-Tencor been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about KLAC stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. KLA-Tencor earned a news sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
Are investors shorting KLA-Tencor?
KLA-Tencor saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,840,339 shares, a drop of 32.7% from the April 15th total of 4,218,060 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,239,325 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View KLA-Tencor's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of KLA-Tencor's key competitors?
What other stocks do shareholders of KLA-Tencor own?
Who are KLA-Tencor's key executives?
KLA-Tencor's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Richard P. Wallace, Pres, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 59)
- Mr. Bren D. Higgins, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 49)
- Ms. Teri A. Little, Exec. VP, Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Sec. (Age 55)
- Mr. Brian M. Trafas, Exec. VP of Global Customer Organization (Age 56)
- Mr. Ahmad A. Khan, Exec. VP of Global Products Group (Age 45)
Who are KLA-Tencor's major shareholders?
KLA-Tencor's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.78%), Primecap Management Co. CA (7.26%), Wellington Management Group LLP (6.47%), American International Group Inc. (2.79%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.34%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.96%). Company insiders that own KLA-Tencor stock include Ahmad A Khan, Bobby R Bell, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Brian M Trafas, Edward W Barnholt, Emiko Higashi, Kevin Kennedy, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little and Virendra A Kirloskar. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KLA-Tencor.
Which institutional investors are selling KLA-Tencor stock?
KLAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Primecap Management Co. CA, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FIL Ltd, Boston Partners, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, American International Group Inc. and Lazard Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold KLA-Tencor company stock in the last year include Ahmad A Khan, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Brian M Trafas, Emiko Higashi, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little and Virendra A Kirloskar. View Insider Buying and Selling for KLA-Tencor.
Which institutional investors are buying KLA-Tencor stock?
KLAC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, AJO LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for KLA-Tencor.
How do I buy shares of KLA-Tencor?
Shares of KLAC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is KLA-Tencor's stock price today?
One share of KLAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $106.83.
How big of a company is KLA-Tencor?
KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $17.27 billion and generates $4.04 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $802.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.00 on an earnings per share basis. KLA-Tencor employs 6,550 workers across the globe.
What is KLA-Tencor's official website?
How can I contact KLA-Tencor?
KLA-Tencor's mailing address is ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MILPITAS CA, 95035. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 408-875-3000 or via email at [email protected]
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