KLA Corporation (KLAC)
- Previous Close
658.98 - Open
655.79 - Bid 642.84 x 200
- Ask 645.23 x 200
- Day's Range
642.02 - 658.41 - 52 Week Range
355.88 - 729.15 - Volume
897,357 - Avg. Volume
968,940 - Market Cap (intraday)
87.12B - Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.34
- PE Ratio (TTM)
32.59 - EPS (TTM)
19.77 - Earnings Date Apr 25, 2024
- Forward Dividend & Yield 5.80 (0.90%)
- Ex-Dividend Date Feb 15, 2024
- 1y Target Est
708.79
KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets 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, Display 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; Wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; 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. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, the company offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, UV laser drilling and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB market; inspection and electrical testing systems to identify and classify defects, as well as systems to repair defects for the display 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.
www.kla.com15,000
Full Time Employees
June 30
Fiscal Year Ends
Sector
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry
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Statistics: KLAC
Valuation Measures
Market Cap
87.07B
Enterprise Value
89.81B
Trailing P/E
32.60
Forward P/E
24.33
PEG Ratio (5yr expected)
2.58
Price/Sales (ttm)
9.15
Price/Book (mrq)
28.61
Enterprise Value/Revenue
9.29
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
23.47
Financial Highlights
Profitability and Income Statement
Profit Margin
27.98%
Return on Assets (ttm)
15.77%
Return on Equity (ttm)
95.85%
Revenue (ttm)
9.67B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)
2.71B
Diluted EPS (ttm)
19.77
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Total Cash (mrq)
3.34B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)
199.89%
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)
2.52B
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Analyst Report: KLA Corp.
KLA Corp. is a leading supplier of process-control and yield-management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries. KLA provides chip and wafer manufacturing products, including defect inspection and review, metrology solutions, lithography software, and other offerings. In addition, KLA provides power device, LED, micromechanical systems, and other products for the display market. KLA Corp. was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corp. and changed its name in 2019.
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KLA is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segment of semiconductor process control, wherein machines inspect semiconductor wafers during research and development and manufacturing for defects and verify precise measurements. In this section of the market, KLA holds a majority share. It also has a small exposure to the etch and deposition segments of the WFE market. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC and Samsung.
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