NASDAQ:KLAC - KLA-Tencor Stock Price, Price Target & More

KLA-Tencor trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KLAC."

KLA-Tencor declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.68%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 14th. This is a positive change from KLA-Tencor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59. View KLA-Tencor's Dividend History.

KLA-Tencor announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $2.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.03. The semiconductor company had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. KLA-Tencor had a return on equity of 86.87% and a net margin of 18.17%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.62 earnings per share. View KLA-Tencor's Earnings History.

KLA-Tencor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for KLA-Tencor.

14 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for KLA-Tencor's shares. Their predictions range from $65.00 to $152.00. On average, they expect KLA-Tencor's stock price to reach $128.2129 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for KLA-Tencor.

Some companies that are related to KLA-Tencor include II-VI (IIVI), Topcon (TOPCF), Nova Measuring Instruments (NVMI), Camtek (CAMT), CyberOptics (CYBE), Perceptron (PRCP), ProPhotonix (STKR) and Optex Systems Hldg InCorp (OPXS).

News articles about KLAC stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. KLA-Tencor earned a news impact score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

KLA-Tencor's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.20%), Northern Trust Corp (1.39%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.38%), Boston Partners (1.32%), FIL Ltd (0.90%) and LSV Asset Management (0.84%). 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, Kiran M Patel, Michael Kirk, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little and Virendra A Kirloskar. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KLA-Tencor.

KLAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Boston Partners, FIL Ltd, Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Natixis and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold KLA-Tencor company stock in the last year 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 Insider Buying and Selling for KLA-Tencor.

KLAC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Korea Investment CORP, LSV Asset Management, CI Investments Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Carillon Tower Advisers Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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.

One share of KLAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $112.05.

KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $17.59 billion and generates $3.48 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $926.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.94 on an earnings per share basis. KLA-Tencor employs 5,990 workers across the globe.

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]