NASDAQ:KLAC - KLA-Tencor Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

KLA-Tencor declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Friday, August 31st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 14th. View KLA-Tencor's Dividend History.

KLA-Tencor announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) issued its earnings results on Monday, July, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.14 by $0.08. The semiconductor company had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. KLA-Tencor had a return on equity of 88.65% and a net margin of 19.87%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.64 earnings per share. View KLA-Tencor's Earnings History.

KLA-Tencor is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for KLA-Tencor.

KLA-Tencor issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Monday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.04-2.36 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.03-1.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.04 billion.

15 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for KLA-Tencor's stock. Their predictions range from $97.00 to $152.00. On average, they expect KLA-Tencor's share price to reach $133.2843 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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." View Analyst Ratings for KLA-Tencor.

Some companies that are related to KLA-Tencor include II-VI (IIVI), Topcon (TOPCF), Nova Measuring Instruments (NVMI), Camtek (CAMT), CyberOptics (CYBE), Perceptron (PRCP), Optex Systems Hldg InCorp (OPXS) and ProPhotonix (STKR).

News articles about KLAC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. KLA-Tencor earned a coverage optimism score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the semiconductor company an impact score of 45.27 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for KLA-Tencor.

KLA-Tencor's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.27%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.91%), Boston Partners (1.34%), Parnassus Investments CA (0.97%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.87%) and LSV Asset Management (0.82%). 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 American Century Companies Inc., Parnassus Investments CA, FMR LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Victory Capital Management Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Millennium Management LLC and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Bank of America Corp DE, TD Asset Management Inc., Worldquant Millennium Quantitative Strategies LLC, Capital Management Corp VA, BlackRock Inc. and KBC Group NV. 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 $113.29.

KLA-Tencor has a market capitalization of $17.55 billion and generates $4.04 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $802.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.00 on an earnings per share basis. KLA-Tencor employs 6,550 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]