KLA Corporation KLAC
At closeNov 11, 2026, 5:59 AM EST
Pre-market · Nov 11, 5:59 AM ET
- YTD
- +25.91%
- 1 year
- +28.47%
- Market cap
- 199.34B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 14.51B
- Profit margin
- 36.25%
- EPS (ttm)
- 3.99
- Shares out
- 1.30B
- P/E ratio
- 38.34
- Forward P/E
- 21.55
- Dividend
- 0.92 (0.61%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Nov 15, 2026
- YTD return
- +25.91%
- 1-year return
- +28.47%
- Volume
- 11.41M
- Avg volume
- 10.92M
- Open
- 148.88
- Previous close
- 151.38
- Day's range
- 148.06 – 154.68
- 52-week range
- 107.20 – 307.37
- Beta
- 1.50
- Analysts
- Buy
- Price target
- 219.62 (+43.5%)
- Earnings date
- Feb 4, 2027
5D +0.84 (+0.55%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 198.49B
- PEG ratio
- 1.25
- Price / sales
- 13.74
- Price / book
- 30.57
- Dividend yield
- 0.61%
- Payout ratio
- 21.03%
- Revenue growth
- 28.90%
- Free cash flow
- 2.82B
- Total cash
- 4.74B
- Total debt
- 5.99B
- Return on equity
- 91.38%
- Short % of float
- 1.91%
- 50-day average
- 174.35
- 200-day average
- 181.89
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
- Target (low)
- 175.00
- Target (mean)
- 219.62
- Target (high)
- 275.00
- Strong buy6
- Buy15
- Hold8
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Feb 4, 2027
Expected Feb 4, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 1.45.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 1.42 | — | — | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 1.19 | 1.22 | +0.03 | +2.52% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 1.00 | 1.05 | +0.05 | +5.00% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 0.917 | 0.94 | +0.02 | +2.51% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 0.88 | 0.89 | +0.01 | +1.14% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 0.86 | 0.88 | +0.02 | +2.33% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | Argus Research | reit | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 29, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Citigroup | main | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 29, 2026 | UBS | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Susquehanna | main | Neutral | Neutral |
About KLA Corporation
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; wafer inspection and metrology systems; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components. In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
- Country
- United States
- Website
- kla.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALDERONI ROBERT M | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Feb 4, 2026 | 15,230 |
| HANLEY JENEANNE MICHELLE | Director | Sale | May 10, 2026 | 3,550 |
| HIGGINS BREN D. | Chief Financial Officer | Sale | Aug 11, 2026 | 307,815 |
| KENNEDY KEVIN J | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Nov 4, 2025 | 8,035 |
| KHAN AHMAD A | Officer | Sale | Aug 10, 2026 | 238,045 |
| KIRLOSKAR VIRENDRA A | Officer | Sale | Aug 9, 2026 | 13,242 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 9.69% | 126,198,653 | 19.31B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.55% | 85,323,770 | 13.05B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.83% | 62,892,994 | 9.62B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Capital World Investors | 3.48% | 45,318,111 | 6.93B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3.44% | 44,848,852 | 6.86B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| FMR, LLC | 3.30% | 43,007,912 | 6.58B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.18% | 41,470,035 | 6.34B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.60% | 33,848,874 | 5.18B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 | 2.09% | 27,290,595 | 4.18B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.34% | 17,409,119 | 2.66B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 1.33% | 17,358,206 | 2.66B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.30% | 16,979,837 | 2.60B | Sep 29, 2026 |
