KLA Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KLA stock.
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KLA is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 4th 2021.
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KLA Co. (NASDAQ:KLAC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 2nd. The semiconductor company reported $3.24 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.19 by $0.05. The semiconductor company had revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.60 billion. KLA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 65.49% and a net margin of 21.76%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.66 EPS.
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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 114.8% and is now trading at $311.23.
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KLA announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 9th. Investors of record on Friday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Tuesday, March 2nd. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 18th.
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KLA pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.18%. KLA has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of KLA is 34.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KLA will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.15% next year. This indicates that KLA will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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KLA updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.23-3.91 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.665-1.815 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.61 billion.

18 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for KLA's shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $360.00. On average, they anticipate KLA's stock price to reach $272.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.6%.
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429 employees have rated KLA CEO Rick Wallace on Glassdoor.com. Rick Wallace has an approval rating of 97% among KLA's employees. This puts Rick Wallace in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

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

KLA's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.85%), Primecap Management Co. CA (6.06%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.35%), FMR LLC (2.31%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.31%) and FIL Ltd (1.49%). Company insiders that own KLA stock include Ahmad A Khan, Amichai Steimberg, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Brian M Trafas, Emiko Higashi, Kevin Kennedy, Kiran M Patel, Oreste Donzella, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little and Virendra A Kirloskar.
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KLAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Boston Partners, Primecap Management Co. CA, Alliancebernstein L.P., Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., FIL Ltd, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold KLA company stock in the last year include Ahmad A Khan, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Kevin Kennedy, Kiran M Patel, Oreste Donzella, Richard P Wallace, and Virendra A Kirloskar.
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KLAC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Morgan Stanley, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Mariner LLC, KBC Group NV, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, and Lazard Asset Management LLC.
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Shares of KLAC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KLAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $311.23.

KLA has a market capitalization of $47.95 billion and generates $5.81 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $1.22 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.35 on an earnings per share basis.

KLA employs 10,600 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of KLA: ADE Corporation, Acme Systems, Ambios Technology, Belize Holdings LLC, CAPRES, Candela Instruments, Capres A/S, Dino Acquisition Technology L.L.C., FINLE Technologies, Fab Solutions, FabSolve, Filmetric Europe Gmbh, Filmetrics, Filmetrics Inc., Filmetrics Korea Ltd, Frontline P.C.B. Solutions (1998) Ltd., Frontline P.C.B. Solutions LP, ICOS Vision Systems, ICOS Vision Systems (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., ICOS Vision Systems Corporation BVBA, ICOS Vision Systems Ltd., ICOS Vision Systems NV, International Sales & Business Inc., KLA Aleris Holding LLC, KLA Singapore Holding Company III Pte. Ltd., KLA-Tencor (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, KLA-Tencor (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., KLA-Tencor (Thailand) Limited, KLA-Tencor Asia-Pac Distribution Corporation, KLA-Tencor China Corporation, KLA-Tencor Corporation (1992) Ltd., KLA-Tencor Corporation (Cayman) Limited I, KLA-Tencor Corporation (Cayman) Limited III, KLA-Tencor Corporation (Cayman) Limited IV, KLA-Tencor Corporation (Cayman) Limited V, KLA-Tencor Corporation (Israel), KLA-Tencor Corporation Holding (1987) Ltd., KLA-Tencor France SARL, KLA-Tencor GmbH, KLA-Tencor Integrated Metrology (Israel) (2002) Ltd., KLA-Tencor International Corporation, KLA-Tencor International Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., KLA-Tencor Ireland Ltd., KLA-Tencor Italy S.R.L., KLA-Tencor Japan Ltd., KLA-Tencor Korea Inc., KLA-Tencor Limited, KLA-Tencor MIE GmbH, KLA-Tencor MIE Holdings GmbH & Co. KG, KLA-Tencor MIE Holdings S.à r.l., KLA-Tencor MIE Holdings Verwaltungs GmbH, KLA-Tencor Semiconductor Equipment Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., KLA-Tencor Singapore Holding Company II Pte Ltd., KLA-Tencor Singapore Holding Company Pte. Ltd., KLA-Tencor Software India Private Limited, KT Recreation Association LLC, KT Venture Group II L.L.C., KT Venture Group L.L.C., Lakers Holding Company APS, Laser Imaging Systems GmbH, Lee Ta Technologies (BVI) Inc., Luminescent Technologies, MicroSense, Microsense LLC, Nanomechanics Inc., New System SRL, OnWafer Technologies, Optical Metrology Patents Limited, Orbograph Ltd., Orbot Europe S.A, Orbotech, Orbotech Asia Ltd, Orbotech B.V., Orbotech Caribbean Ltd., Orbotech Deutschland GmbH, Orbotech Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd, Orbotech Electronics (Suzhou) Co Ltd, Orbotech Holding GmbH, Orbotech Holding UK Ltd., Orbotech Inc., Orbotech Japan Ltd, Orbotech Korea Ltd, Orbotech LT Solar LLC, Orbotech Logistics Ltd, Orbotech Ltd, Orbotech Pacific Ltd., Orbotech S.A., Orbotech Singapore Corporation Pte Ltd, Orbotech Technology Ventures LP, Orbotech Technology Ventures Ltd., Orbotech Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Photon Dynamics Inc., Photon Dynamics Solar Corporation, PixCell Medical Technologies Ltd., Primaxx Inc., QC Optics, Qoniac, Qoniac GmbH, Qoniac Japan Ltd., Qoniac Korea Ltd., Qoniac Taiwan Ltd., SPTS Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., SPTS Technologies ET Ltd, SPTS Technologies GmbH, SPTS Technologies Group Ltd., SPTS Technologies Holdings Ltd., SPTS Technologies Inc., SPTS Technologies Investment Ltd, SPTS Technologies Limited, SPTS Technologies Ltd, SPTS Technologies Overseas Holdings Ltd., SPTS Technologies Pte Ltd., SPTS Technologies SAS, SPTS Technologies Sapphire Ltd, SPTS Technologies UK Ltd, SensArray Corp, Therma-Wave, VLSI Standards Inc., Vistec Semiconductor Systems - MIE, Whiskey Holding Sub LLC, Xactix Inc., Zeta Instruments, and Zeta Instruments Inc..

KLA was founded in 1997.

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

KLA is headquartered at ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MILPITAS CA, 95035.

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]