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. Stockholders 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 2.88%. The ex-dividend date 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 of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $2.02 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 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 quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.62 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for KLA-Tencor's stock. Their forecasts range from $97.00 to $152.00. On average, they expect KLA-Tencor's stock price to reach $132.7677 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for KLA-Tencor.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA-Tencor in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 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).

Media coverage about KLAC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty 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 coverage optimism score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 44.78 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

KLA-Tencor's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.25%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.16%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%). 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., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Boltwood Capital Management, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Bremer Trust National Association, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DnB Asset Management AS and Cullinan Associates 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 $104.16.

KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $16.34 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]