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

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

KLA-Tencor announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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

KLA-Tencor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for KLA-Tencor.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for KLA-Tencor's stock. Their forecasts range from $97.00 to $152.00. On average, they expect KLA-Tencor's share price to reach $131.8557 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for KLA-Tencor.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA-Tencor in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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 been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. KLA-Tencor earned a news sentiment score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

KLA-Tencor's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.53%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.25%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.16%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%). 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 Scout Investments Inc., James Investment Research Inc., Clinton Group Inc., Pendal Group Ltd, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Hartford Investment Management Co., Huntington National Bank and Oakbrook Investments LLC. 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, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little and Virendra A Kirloskar. View Insider Buying and Selling for KLA-Tencor.

KLAC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Bank of Montreal Can, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, GWM Advisors LLC, MHI Funds LLC, Boltwood Capital Management, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. and Manning & Napier Group LLC. 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 $108.49.

KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $16.51 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]