KLA Stock Overview
Engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
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| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 2/6 |
| Financial Health | 4/6 |
| Dividends | 4/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
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| Current Share Price | US$609.70 |
| 52 Week High | US$828.10 |
| 52 Week Low | US$496.20 |
| Beta | 1.26 |
| 1 Month Change | -0.70% |
| 3 Month Change | -15.02% |
| 1 Year Change | 14.50% |
| 3 Year Change | 58.20% |
| 5 Year Change | 276.36% |
| Change since IPO | 2,652.60% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
Shareholder Returns
| KLA | DE Semiconductor | DE Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | 2.0% | -0.7% | -0.3% |
| 1Y | 14.5% | -21.9% | 7.0% |
Return vs Industry: KLA exceeded the German Semiconductor industry which returned -21.7% over the past year.
Return vs Market: KLA exceeded the German Market which returned 6.8% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| KLA volatility | |
|---|---|
| KLA Average Weekly Movement | 6.4% |
| Semiconductor Industry Average Movement | 7.0% |
| Market Average Movement | 4.9% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in DE Market | 11.6% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in DE Market | 2.4% |
Stable Share Price: KLA has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.
Volatility Over Time: KLA's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 15,115 | Rick Wallace | www.kla.com |
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. 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; metrology systems that are used to measure pattern dimensions, film thickness, film stress, layer-to-layer alignment, pattern placement, surface topography, and electro-optical properties for wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; and semiconductor software solutions that provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification to accelerate yield learning rates and reduce production risk.
KLA Corporation Fundamentals Summary
| KLA fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | €83.60b |
| Earnings (TTM) | €2.85b |
| Revenue (TTM) | €9.85b |
29.3x
P/E Ratio8.5x
P/S RatioIs KLA overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| KLA income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$10.26b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$4.13b |
| Gross Profit | US$6.13b |
| Other Expenses | US$3.16b |
| Earnings | US$2.97b |
Last Reported Earnings
Sep 30, 2024
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 22.18 |
| Gross Margin | 59.75% |
| Net Profit Margin | 28.92% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 186.3% |
How did KLA perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
1.0%
Current Dividend Yield26%
Payout RatioCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2024/12/26 15:18 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/23 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/06/30 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
KLA Corporation is covered by 58 analysts. 28 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| James Kelleher | Argus Research Company |
| Ianjit Bhatti | Atlantic Equities LLP |
| Ishan Majumdar | Baptista Research |