KLA - KLAC Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KLAC shares.
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14 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for KLA's shares. Their KLAC share price forecasts range from $325.00 to $505.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $400.61 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price.
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KLA's stock was trading at $377.03 at the start of the year. Since then, KLAC stock has increased by 3.1% and is now trading at $388.53.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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KLA Co. (NASDAQ:KLAC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $7.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $7.08 by $0.30. The semiconductor company had revenue of $2.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. KLA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 145.21% and a net margin of 33.77%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 26.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $5.59 earnings per share.
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KLA declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 14th.
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KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.30%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 21.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KLAC will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.15% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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KLA declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 16th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 12.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

KLA updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.52-5.92 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.2-2.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.50 billion.

429 employees have rated KLA Chief Executive Officer Rick Wallace on Glassdoor.com. Rick Wallace has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Rick Wallace in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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 (CRM), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Adobe (ADBE).

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 investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.47%), Parnassus Investments LLC (0.31%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.29%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.18%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.15%) and Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Ahmad A Khan, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Gary B Moore, Kevin Kennedy, Kiran M Patel, Mary Beth Wilkinson, Oreste Donzella, Richard P Wallace, Teri A Little, Virendra A Kirloskar and Virendra A Kirloskar.
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One share of KLAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $388.53.

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) has a market capitalization of $55.06 billion and generates $9.21 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $3.32 billion in net income (profit) each year or $24.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,280 workers across the globe.

KLA's mailing address is ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MILPITAS CA, 95035. The official website for the company is www.kla.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (408) 875-3000, via email at ir@kla-tencor.com, or via fax at 408-875-4144.