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KLA Corporation (KLAC)

Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Milpitas, United States | NasdaqGS
175.54 USD -8.23 (-4.478%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 176.16 +0.62 (0.353%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:12 a.m. EDT

KLA Corporation remains a premier semiconductor equipment platform with exceptional profitability and consistent revenue growth, justifying its premium valuation despite recent technical weakness. While the stock is currently trading below its 50-day average, the 200-day support holds firm, and options flow shows significant bullish positioning at higher strikes. The business quality is unambiguous, making it a core long-term holding, though the near-term path may see volatility as it consolidates gains before the next leg up.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.132663
AutoARIMA0.154098
AutoETS0.154100
MSTL0.158154

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 0.33
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.882
Excess Kurtosis -0.30
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-16
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 96.88
Revenue per Share 10.354
Market Cap 229,351,227,392
Trailing P/E 47.96
Forward P/E 26.30
Beta 1.46
Profit Margins 35.57%
Website https://www.kla.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:12 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside moves with heavy call open interest concentrated between 200 and 300 strikes, while put walls cluster around 160 to 180, suggesting a perceived floor. Near-term call volume at 187.5 and 195 indicates immediate bullish intent despite the stock trading below its 50-day moving average.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.11% 0.54% 0.79% 0.97%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-17 0.230 0.111781
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 0.5
exDividendDate 2026-08-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.8
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0043532676
lastDividendValue 0.23
lastDividendDate 2026-08-17
dividendDate 2026-09-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.171324
Address1 One Technology Drive
All Time High 307.37
All Time Low 0.060417
Ask 212.48
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,758,580
Average Daily Volume3 Month 12,739,974
Average Volume 12,739,974
Average Volume10Days 8,758,580
Beta 1.458
Bid 180.75
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 2
Book Value 4.858
City Milpitas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 175.54
Current Ratio 2.876
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 182.47
Day Low 174.74
Debt To Equity 96.88
Display Name KLA
Dividend Date 1,788,220,800
Dividend Rate 0.92
Dividend Yield 0.5
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,272,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,272,400
Earnings Growth 0.138
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.133
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Ebitda 6,054,757,888
Ebitda Margins 0.44588003
Enterprise To Ebitda 38.086
Enterprise To Revenue 16.982
Enterprise Value 230,600,523,776
Eps Current Year 5.4493
Eps Forward 6.67484
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.66
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
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 214.932
Fifty Day Average Change -39.392014
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.18327662
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 117.1324
Fifty Two Week High 307.37
Fifty Two Week High Change -131.83
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.42889678
Fifty Two Week Low 83.224
Fifty Two Week Low Change 92.315994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.1092473
Fifty Two Week Range 83.224 - 307.37
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 339,859,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.92
Float Shares 1,303,411,071
Forward Eps 6.67484
Forward P E 26.298758
Free Cashflow 2,624,587,520
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 17,000
Fullday Change -8.23001
Fullday Change Percent -4.47843
Fullday Price 176.16
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.61301
Gross Profits 8,324,416,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0012899999
Held Percent Institutions 0.93811
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,306,546,783
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 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
Last Dividend Value 0.23
Last Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
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 229,351,227,392
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_282225
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 4,830,771,200
Next Fiscal Year End 1,814,313,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 240,104,102,311
Number Of Analyst Opinions 26
Open 182.04
Operating Cashflow 4,143,078,912
Operating Margins 0.42486
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.2186
Peg Ratio 1.75
Phone 408 875 3000
Post Market Change 0.6200104
Post Market Change Percent 0.35320178
Post Market Price 176.16
Post Market Time 1,787,961,573
Previous Close 183.77
Price Eps Current Year 32.21331
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 36.134212
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 16.88955
Profit Margins 0.35574
Quick Ratio 1.841
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.86207
Region US
Regular Market Change -8.23001
Regular Market Change Percent -4.47843
Regular Market Day High 182.47
Regular Market Day Low 174.74
Regular Market Day Range 174.74 - 182.47
Regular Market Open 182.04
Regular Market Previous Close 183.77
Regular Market Price 175.54
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 9,926,064
Return On Assets 0.20799999
Return On Equity 0.87496
Revenue Growth 0.152
Revenue Per Share 10.354
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 1,306,546,783
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0194
Shares Short 25,337,831
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 27,939,763
Short Name KLA Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0216
Short Ratio 2.17
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol KLAC
Target High Price 325.0
Target Low Price 175.0
Target Mean Price 234.34615
Target Median Price 234.0
Total Cash 4,902,408,192
Total Cash Per Share 3.752
Total Debt 6,151,712,768
Total Revenue 13,579,475,968
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.8
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0043532676
Trailing Eps 3.66
Trailing P E 47.961746
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.7571
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 169.77156
Two Hundred Day Average Change 5.7684326
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.033977613
Type Disp Equity
Volume 9,926,064
Website https://www.kla.com
Zip 95,035