KLA Corporation

KLAC · NasdaqGS · Stock · Technology
$178.63
-2.92% today
Delayed price,

What KLA does

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. 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; 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; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components. In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia. 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.

Key facts

Sector
Technology
Industry
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Market cap
$233.11B
P/E (ttm)
48.8
Forward P/E
26.5
Dividend yield
0.50%
Beta
1.45
Profit margin
35.6%
Employees
17,000
Headquarters
Milpitas, CA, United States
Exchange
NasdaqGS

Performance

1 Month
+0.9%
3 Months
-16.0%
6 Months
-0.3%
1 Year
+61.4%
5 Years
+337.7%
$105.3952-week range$307.37
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-32.4%
15 Jun 2026 → 24 Aug 2026
Fell from $259.56 to $175.54 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+136.6%
17 Nov 2025 → 15 Jun 2026
Ran from $109.71 to $259.56 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

● Trend: Below long-term trend
Price sits below its 200-day average, but the shorter-term averages are not cleanly aligned above/below it.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$151.36 (-15.3%)$178.63$210.81 (+18.0%)
3 Months$134.08 (-24.9%)$178.63$237.98 (+33.2%)
6 Months$119.06 (-33.3%)$178.63$268.01 (+50.0%)
12 Months$100.64 (-43.7%)$178.63$317.05 (+77.5%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 57.4%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Recent insider activity

Sold 72,019 shares at $171.88 — WALLACE RICHARD P, President and CEO · 2026-09-16
Sold 59,586 shares at $208.13 — Lorig Brian, EVP, KLA Global Services · 2026-08-14
Sold 31,500 shares at $209.87 — Higgins Bren D., EVP & Chief Financial Officer · 2026-08-13
Sold 33,180 shares at $198.95 — Khan Ahmad A., President, Semi. Prod. & Cust. · 2026-08-12
Sold 87,568 shares at $198.95 — WALLACE RICHARD P, President and CEO · 2026-08-12
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. An "acquired" entry with no price is typically a stock award or option exercise rather than an open-market purchase. Search all insider trades →

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