KLA (KLAC) Competitors

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KLAC vs. AMAT, LRCX, ENTG, ONTO, MKSI, AMKR, AEIS, FORM, ACLS, and UCTT

Should you be buying KLA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLA include Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), Entegris (ENTG), Onto Innovation (ONTO), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), and Ultra Clean (UCTT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.

KLA vs.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Applied Materials has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLA has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of KLA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of KLA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Applied Materials received 1121 more outperform votes than KLA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.93% of users gave Applied Materials an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave KLA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Applied MaterialsOutperform Votes
1922
71.93%
Underperform Votes
750
28.07%
KLAOutperform Votes
801
62.19%
Underperform Votes
487
37.81%

Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. KLA pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Applied Materials pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KLA pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. KLA has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Applied Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

KLA has a net margin of 29.58% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 26.41%. KLA's return on equity of 108.60% beat Applied Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Materials26.41% 39.26% 21.92%
KLA 29.58%108.60%24.20%

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 38 more articles in the media than KLA. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Applied Materials and 35 mentions for KLA. KLA's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Applied Materials' score of 1.03 indicating that KLA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Materials
37 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KLA
27 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Materials presently has a consensus price target of $216.10, suggesting a potential upside of 27.72%. KLA has a consensus price target of $831.68, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Given Applied Materials' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Applied Materials is more favorable than KLA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Materials
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
KLA
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than KLA. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KLA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Materials$27.18B5.06$7.18B$7.6522.12
KLA$9.81B10.17$2.76B$23.7831.57

Summary

Applied Materials beats KLA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KLAC vs. The Competition

MetricKLAOptical instruments & lenses IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$99.77B$15.87B$26.87B$9.20B
Dividend Yield0.89%1.21%2.78%4.00%
P/E Ratio31.5736.4841.7719.39
Price / Sales10.175.962,789.5376.93
Price / Cash26.1322.7936.8138.90
Price / Book27.847.778.045.05
Net Income$2.76B$354.80M$669.93M$222.82M
7 Day Performance0.41%-0.47%2.23%1.47%
1 Month Performance7.06%-2.85%6.64%4.42%
1 Year Performance14.82%8.82%23.91%19.07%

KLA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLAC
KLA
4.897 of 5 stars
$750.74
-1.8%
$831.68
+10.8%
+14.8%$101.24B$9.81B31.5715,230Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.8951 of 5 stars
$183.26
+1.8%
$218.71
+19.3%
-9.1%$148.92B$27.18B21.2835,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
LRCX
Lam Research
4.8223 of 5 stars
$83.44
+1.4%
$95.72
+14.7%
-9.6%$107.12B$14.91B25.3517,450Analyst Revision
Positive News
ENTG
Entegris
4.0402 of 5 stars
$106.24
-0.3%
$130.60
+22.9%
-18.3%$16.04B$3.24B55.038,000Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ONTO
Onto Innovation
4.4277 of 5 stars
$182.01
-2.6%
$251.25
+38.0%
+2.0%$8.99B$987.32M44.831,497Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
MKSI
MKS Instruments
4.975 of 5 stars
$112.35
+2.7%
$141.75
+26.2%
-15.1%$7.57B$3.62B249.8810,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AMKR
Amkor Technology
4.9868 of 5 stars
$24.44
+0.5%
$35.50
+45.3%
-26.3%$6.04B$6.50B16.5328,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3706 of 5 stars
$112.77
+1.0%
$126.89
+12.5%
+21.4%$4.25B$1.66B98.9010,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
FORM
FormFactor
3.5133 of 5 stars
$35.77
-0.2%
$48.50
+35.6%
-11.1%$2.78B$763.60M40.262,115
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
3.8361 of 5 stars
$66.03
+3.4%
$154.00
+133.2%
-49.4%$2.15B$1.13B9.771,704Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.6972 of 5 stars
$38.81
+3.9%
$57.75
+48.8%
-12.8%$1.76B$1.98B486.967,184Positive News

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