NASDAQ:KLACKLA Stock Price, Forecast & News

KLA's stock was trading at $144.92 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KLAC shares have increased by 21.4% and is now trading at $175.96. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for KLA.

KLA is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for KLA.

KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The semiconductor company reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.28 by $0.19. The semiconductor company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.40 billion. KLA had a net margin of 18.26% and a return on equity of 57.76%. KLA's revenue for the quarter was up 29.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.80 earnings per share. View KLA's earnings history.

KLA announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.85 per share on Tuesday, June 2nd. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. View KLA's dividend history.

19 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for KLA's stock. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $215.00. On average, they anticipate KLA's share price to reach $180.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for KLA.

Media stories about KLAC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. KLA earned a news impact score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutKLA.

KLA saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,140,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the March 31st total of 2,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,810,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View KLA's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to KLA include Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), Teradyne (TER), Entegris (ENTG), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cabot Microelectronics (CCMP), Brooks Automation (BRKS), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Nanometrics (ONTO), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB) and Xperi (XPER). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KLA investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Lam Research (LRCX), Applied Materials (AMAT), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

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

KLA's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.60%), Wellington Management Group LLP (5.60%), State Street Corp (4.38%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.47%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.67%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.15%). Company insiders that own KLA stock include Ahmad A Khan, Amichai Steimberg, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Brian M Trafas, Emiko Higashi, Kevin Kennedy, Oreste Donzella, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little and Virendra A Kirloskar. View institutional ownership trends for KLA.

KLAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold KLA company stock in the last year include Ahmad A Khan, Amichai Steimberg, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Brian M Trafas, Kevin Kennedy, Oreste Donzella, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little, and Virendra A Kirloskar. View insider buying and selling activity for KLA.

KLAC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Parnassus Investments CA, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Wellington Management Group LLP, APG Asset Management N.V., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and Janus Henderson Group PLC. View insider buying and selling activity for KLA.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KLAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $175.96.

KLA has a market capitalization of $27.28 billion and generates $4.57 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $1.18 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.46 on an earnings per share basis. KLA employs 10,020 workers across the globe.

The official website for KLA is www.kla.com.

KLA'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]