KLA Valuation

Is KLAC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KLAC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KLAC ($797.98) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($638.15)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KLAC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KLAC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

KLAC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue11.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA27.3x
PEG Ratio2.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KLAC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KLAC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45.4x
LRCX Lam Research
27.8x13.6%US$107.4b
AMAT Applied Materials
22.6x7.6%US$169.1b
ENTG Entegris
88.6x51.0%US$16.6b
TER Teradyne
42.4x22.7%US$21.3b
38.7x14.6%US$107.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KLAC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.7x) compared to the peer average (45.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KLAC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Semiconductor Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a26.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KLAC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.7x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (27.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KLAC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KLAC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio38.7x
Fair PE Ratio31.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KLAC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KLAC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$797.98
US$833.85
+4.5%
10.0%US$975.00US$670.00n/a26
Oct ’25US$753.69
US$839.73
+11.4%
10.7%US$975.00US$670.00n/a25
Sep ’25US$819.43
US$861.31
+5.1%
10.1%US$980.00US$670.00n/a24
Aug ’25US$756.14
US$862.56
+14.1%
10.3%US$990.00US$670.00n/a24
Jul ’25US$827.79
US$776.19
-6.2%
10.3%US$950.00US$530.00n/a24
Jun ’25US$759.53
US$751.15
-1.1%
10.4%US$850.00US$530.00n/a23
May ’25US$666.04
US$729.69
+9.6%
12.0%US$850.00US$530.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$710.88
US$663.24
-6.7%
11.9%US$850.00US$510.00n/a24
Mar ’25US$717.57
US$654.70
-8.8%
11.0%US$800.00US$510.00n/a24
Feb ’25US$599.10
US$644.74
+7.6%
11.2%US$750.00US$510.00n/a23
Jan ’25US$581.30
US$561.26
-3.4%
10.6%US$730.00US$425.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$549.00
US$541.55
-1.4%
7.2%US$600.00US$425.00n/a22
Nov ’24US$476.53
US$542.43
+13.8%
7.3%US$600.00US$425.00n/a21
Oct ’24US$458.66
US$532.00
+16.0%
9.5%US$600.00US$410.00US$753.6920
Sep ’24US$507.02
US$528.95
+4.3%
9.3%US$600.00US$410.00US$819.4319
Aug ’24US$514.28
US$527.05
+2.5%
9.4%US$600.00US$410.00US$756.1419
Jul ’24US$485.02
US$455.05
-6.2%
8.1%US$560.00US$400.00US$827.7920
Jun ’24US$452.53
US$442.67
-2.2%
8.4%US$495.00US$325.00US$759.5321
May ’24US$384.43
US$433.43
+12.7%
9.3%US$495.00US$325.00US$666.0421
Apr ’24US$399.17
US$437.19
+9.5%
10.2%US$505.00US$325.00US$710.8821
Mar ’24US$378.34
US$437.19
+15.6%
10.2%US$505.00US$325.00US$717.5721
Feb ’24US$409.77
US$425.54
+3.8%
12.1%US$505.00US$310.00US$599.1022
Jan ’24US$377.03
US$379.42
+0.6%
13.1%US$480.00US$260.00US$581.3021
Dec ’23US$390.73
US$369.18
-5.5%
11.7%US$440.00US$260.00US$549.0021
Nov ’23US$321.18
US$366.80
+14.2%
11.2%US$440.00US$260.00US$476.5321
Oct ’23US$302.63
US$406.87
+34.4%
11.7%US$500.00US$265.00US$458.6620

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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