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NASDAQ: KLAC
Kla Corp Stock

$698.57+1.70 (+0.24%)
Updated Mar 28, 2024
KLAC Price
$698.57
Fair Value Price
$712.58
Market Cap
$94.47B
52 Week Low
$355.88
52 Week High
$729.15
P/E
35.26x
P/B
31.04x
P/S
8.15x
PEG
3.26x
Dividend Yield
0.79%
Revenue
$9.67B
Earnings
$2.71B
Gross Margin
59.8%
Operating Margin
35.32%
Profit Margin
28%
Debt to Equity
3.69
Operating Cash Flow
$3B
Beta
1.56
Next Earnings
Apr 24, 2024
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A

KLAC Overview

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 four segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; PCB, Display and Component Inspection; and Other. The company offers integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing products that comprises wafer inspection and review, and metrology; wafer and substrate defect inspection and metrology; reticle defect inspection and metrology; chemical/materials quality analysis; in situ process management and wafer handling diagnostics for IC and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) manufacturing; software products to provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification; and refurbished and remanufactured products. It also provides specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, and electrical property measurement services for general purpose/ lab applications; 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, additive printing, 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.

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KLAC ($698.57) is undervalued by 1.97% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $712.58 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, but does not have a significant margin of safety
Below Fair Value Valuation
KLAC ($698.57) is not significantly undervalued (1.97%) relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $712.58 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, when including a healthy margin of safety
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Valuation

KLAC fair value

Fair Value of KLAC stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Price
$698.57
Fair Value
$712.58
Undervalued by
1.97%
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KLAC price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings
Company
35.26x
Industry
39.18x
Market
44.51x
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KLAC price to book (PB)

For valuing companies that are loss-making or have lots of physical asset
Company
31.04x
Industry
12.11x
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KLAC price to earnings growth (PEG)

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KLAC's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$2.5B
Net Income
$582.5M
Profit Margin
23.4%
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Interest Coverage Financials
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Profit Margin Growth Financials

Assets to liabilities

Assets
$14.3B
Liabilities
$11.2B
Debt to equity
3.69
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Short-term Liabilities Financials
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Long-term Liabilities Financials
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Healthy Debt to Equity Financials

Cash flow

Operating
$622.2M
Investing
-$88.5M
Financing
-$590.9M
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Debt Coverage Financials

KLAC vs Semiconductor Equipment Stocks

TickerMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
KLAC$94.47B+0.24%35.26x31.04x
LRCX$127.38B+0.61%37.38x15.49x
ENTG$21.14B-0.32%116.15x6.20x
AMAT$171.36B-0.85%24.09x9.83x
TER$17.27B+1.16%38.77x6.84x

Kla Stock FAQ

What is Kla's quote symbol?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol KLAC. Kla stock quotes can also be displayed as NASDAQ: KLAC.

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What is the 52 week high and low for Kla (NASDAQ: KLAC)?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla's 52-week high was $729.15, and its 52-week low was $355.88. It is currently -4.19% from its 52-week high and 96.29% from its 52-week low.

How much is Kla stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla currently has 135,233,651 outstanding shares. With Kla stock trading at $698.57 per share, the total value of Kla stock (market capitalization) is $94.47B.

Kla stock was originally listed at a price of $19.32 in Dec 31, 1997. If you had invested in Kla stock at $19.32, your return over the last 26 years would have been 3,516.72%, for an annualized return of 14.8% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is Kla's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla stock price per share is $698.57 today (as of Mar 28, 2024).

What is Kla's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla's market cap is $94.47B, as of Mar 29, 2024.

Market cap (market capitalization) is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

Kla's market cap is calculated by multiplying KLAC's current stock price of $698.57 by KLAC's total outstanding shares of 135,233,651.
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