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 paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 14th. This is an increase from KLA-Tencor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59. View KLA-Tencor's Dividend History.

KLA-Tencor announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $2.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.62 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for KLA-Tencor's stock. Their forecasts range from $97.00 to $152.00. On average, they anticipate KLA-Tencor's share price to reach $131.8557 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% 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).

Press coverage about KLAC stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. KLA-Tencor earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 48.55 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock'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 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., Clinton Group Inc., Pendal Group Ltd, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Westpac Banking Corp, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Bank of Montreal Can, MHI Funds LLC, Boltwood Capital Management, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Bremer Trust National Association and Hills Bank & Trust Co.. 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 $110.23.

KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $16.24 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]