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KLA Corporation (KLAC)

Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Milpitas, United States | NasdaqGS
222.25 USD -9.27 (-4.004%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 221.40 -0.85 (-0.850%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★★Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:06 a.m. EDT

KLA Corporation stands out as a premier compounder in the semiconductor space, driven by its indispensable role in advanced chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company's fundamentals are unambiguously exceptional, boasting a return on equity near 95 percent and operating margins exceeding 40 percent, which validates its premium valuation despite the high price-to-earnings multiple. The recent announcement of a ten-for-one stock split combined with a dividend increase serves as a powerful catalyst, signaling management confidence and aiming to attract a broader investor base. While the current price has retreated from recent highs, the underlying business quality and the strong balance sheet provide a compelling case for long-term ownership. Investors should view the recent volatility as a strategic entry point to capture the secular growth trends benefiting this industry leader.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.138264
MSTL0.205016
AutoARIMA0.214953
AutoETS0.214954

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 30%
H-stat 26.75
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.150
Excess Kurtosis -0.51
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-17
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 105.4
Revenue per Share 9.96
Market Cap 290,319,663,104
Trailing P/E 62.78
Forward P/E 43.41
Beta 1.41
Profit Margins 35.66%
Website https://www.kla.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:06 a.m. EDT: Market participants are positioning for a continued upward trend with significant call open interest concentration between 255 and 320 strikes, implying a bullish target range for the near term. Put buyers are establishing defensive floors around 150 to 230, suggesting a preference for hedging downside risk rather than betting on a collapse. Implied volatility remains elevated but stable, reflecting anticipation of earnings results and the impact of the announced stock split.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.13% 0.64% 0.84% 1.01%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-18 0.230 0.130946
2026-02-17 0.190 0.129235
2025-11-17 0.190 0.167593
2025-08-18 0.190 0.215081
2025-05-19 0.190 0.241420
2025-02-24 0.170 0.230487
2024-11-18 0.170 0.274079
2024-08-15 0.145 0.173406
2024-05-14 0.145 0.198652
2024-02-15 0.145 0.222263
2023-11-14 0.145 0.265840
2023-08-14 0.130 0.264825
2023-05-12 0.130 0.335943
2023-02-10 0.130 0.328548
2022-11-14 0.130 0.343997
2022-08-12 0.130 0.341028
2022-05-13 0.105 0.312110
2022-02-11 0.105 0.284376
2021-11-12 0.105 0.254065
2021-08-13 0.105 0.320239
2021-05-14 0.090 0.294358
2021-02-18 0.090 0.276787
2020-11-13 0.090 0.381194
2020-08-14 0.090 0.425512
2020-05-15 0.085 0.507675
2020-02-20 0.085 0.508069
2019-11-15 0.085 0.477904
2019-08-14 0.075 0.572039
2019-05-14 0.075 0.684494
2019-02-14 0.075 0.700019
2018-11-15 0.075 0.794155
2018-08-14 0.075 0.650364
2018-05-14 0.075 0.665306
2018-02-14 0.059 0.548990
2017-11-14 0.059 0.577582
2017-08-11 0.059 0.653088
2017-05-11 0.054 0.538600
2017-02-13 0.054 0.619124
2016-11-10 0.054 0.724735
2016-08-11 0.052 0.770256
2016-05-12 0.052 0.755594
2016-02-11 0.052 0.826972
2015-11-12 0.052 0.789554
2015-08-13 0.052 1.009317
2015-05-14 0.050 0.842460
2015-02-12 0.050 0.782840
2014-11-26 1.650 24.506164
2014-11-13 0.050 0.629406
2014-08-14 0.050 0.684556
2014-05-15 0.045 0.721385
2014-02-13 0.045 0.698324
2013-11-14 0.045 0.718506
2013-08-14 0.045 0.765697
2013-05-09 0.040 0.738007
2013-02-14 0.040 0.713012
2012-11-15 0.040 0.909711
2012-08-09 0.040 0.753864
2012-05-10 0.035 0.700000
2012-02-16 0.035 0.690608
2011-11-09 0.035 0.769400
2011-08-11 0.035 0.970335
2011-05-12 0.025 0.556917
2011-02-17 0.025 0.504745
2010-11-10 0.025 0.668807
2010-08-12 0.025 0.858517
2010-05-13 0.015 0.466999
2010-02-11 0.015 0.508820
2009-11-12 0.015 0.454821
2009-08-13 0.015 0.473934
2009-05-13 0.015 0.603865
2009-02-26 0.015 0.854214
2008-11-20 0.015 0.987492
2008-08-14 0.015 0.377929
2008-05-15 0.015 0.324184
2008-02-21 0.015 0.349243
2007-11-15 0.015 0.305437
2007-08-16 0.015 0.259740
2007-05-11 0.012 0.216255
2007-02-13 0.012 0.242915
2006-11-13 0.012 0.243063
2006-08-11 0.012 0.295421
2006-05-11 0.012 0.254994
2006-02-13 0.012 0.226886
2005-11-10 0.012 0.237906
2005-08-11 0.012 0.245198
2005-04-28 0.012 0.299850
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.92
dividendYield 0.4
exDividendDate 2026-05-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.76
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0032826536
lastDividendValue 0.23
lastDividendDate 2026-05-18
dividendDate 2026-06-02

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.5114987
Address1 One Technology Drive
All Time High 307.37
All Time Low 0.060417
Ask 222.84
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 16,715,290
Average Daily Volume3 Month 12,346,914
Average Volume 12,346,914
Average Volume10Days 16,715,290
Beta 1.407
Bid 210.0
Bid Size 15
Board Risk 3
Book Value 4.461
City Milpitas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 222.25
Current Ratio 3.026
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 226.855
Day Low 218.89
Debt To Equity 105.4
Display Name KLA
Dividend Date 1,780,358,400
Dividend Rate 0.92
Dividend Yield 0.4
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Earnings Growth 0.118
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.103
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Ebitda 5,850,215,936
Ebitda Margins 0.44669998
Enterprise To Ebitda 49.828
Enterprise To Revenue 22.258
Enterprise Value 291,507,077,120
Eps Current Year 3.71603
Eps Forward 5.12002
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.54
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,779,062,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 408 875 4875
Fifty Day Average 212.90305
Fifty Day Average Change 9.346954
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.043902397
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 151.14987
Fifty Two Week High 307.37
Fifty Two Week High Change -85.119995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.27693006
Fifty Two Week Low 83.224
Fifty Two Week Low Change 139.026
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.6705037
Fifty Two Week Range 83.224 - 307.37
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 339,859,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.93
Float Shares 1,303,166,275
Forward Eps 5.12002
Forward P E 43.408035
Free Cashflow 2,890,187,008
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 15,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.61446
Gross Profits 8,047,422,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00085
Held Percent Institutions 0.93709
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,306,275,210
Industry Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry Disp Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry Key semiconductor-equipment-materials
Ir Website http://ir.kla-tencor.com/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,779,062,400
Last Dividend Value 0.23
Last Fiscal Year End 1,751,241,600
Last Split Date 1,781,222,400
Last Split Factor 10:1
Long Business Summary KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. It offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems 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; wafer 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. The company also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, it offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB market and inspection and metrology systems for quality control and yield improvement in advanced and traditional semiconductor packaging markets. 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.
Long Name KLA Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 290,319,663,104
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_282225
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 4,670,560,768
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 302,428,836,619
Number Of Analyst Opinions 28
Open 221.55
Operating Cashflow 4,401,639,936
Operating Margins 0.41215
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.2152
Peg Ratio 2.39
Phone 408 875 3000
Post Market Change -0.8500061
Post Market Change Percent -0.38245493
Post Market Price 221.4
Post Market Time 1,783,987,197
Previous Close 231.52
Price Eps Current Year 59.808453
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 49.820667
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 22.167456
Profit Margins 0.35661998
Quick Ratio 1.963
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.96552
Region US
Regular Market Change -9.27
Regular Market Change Percent -4.00398
Regular Market Day High 226.855
Regular Market Day Low 218.89
Regular Market Day Range 218.89 - 226.855
Regular Market Open 221.55
Regular Market Previous Close 231.52
Regular Market Price 222.25
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 9,638,846
Return On Assets 0.21282
Return On Equity 0.94975996
Revenue Growth 0.115
Revenue Per Share 9.96
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 1,306,275,210
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.026300002
Shares Short 34,375,617
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 35,041,000
Short Name KLA Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0294
Short Ratio 2.34
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol KLAC
Target High Price 325.0
Target Low Price 150.0
Target Mean Price 231.10715
Target Median Price 220.0
Total Cash 4,957,938,176
Total Cash Per Share 3.795
Total Debt 6,145,359,872
Total Revenue 13,096,660,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.76
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0032826536
Trailing Eps 3.54
Trailing P E 62.782486
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.3947
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 155.0659
Two Hundred Day Average Change 67.1841
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.43326157
Type Disp Equity
Volume 9,638,846
Website https://www.kla.com
Zip 95,035