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. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 14th. This is a boost from KLA-Tencor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59. View KLA-Tencor's Dividend History.

KLA-Tencor announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $2.02 earnings per share (EPS) 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 analyst estimates of $1 billion. KLA-Tencor had a net margin of 18.17% and a return on equity of 86.87%. The firm's revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.62 EPS. 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for KLA-Tencor's stock. 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 stories about KLAC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. KLA-Tencor earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 44.28 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

KLA-Tencor's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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 $106.80.

KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $17.11 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]