NASDAQ: KLAC
Kla Corp Stock

$716.25+14.99 (+2.14%)
Updated Jan 15, 2025
Why Price Moved
KLAC Price
$716.25
Fair Value Price
$534.95
Market Cap
$95.81B
52 Week Low
$552.85
52 Week High
$896.32
P/E
32.53x
P/B
26.91x
P/S
10.13x
PEG
1.9x
Dividend Yield
0.84%
Revenue
$10.26B
Earnings
$2.97B
Gross Margin
59.7%
Operating Margin
36.43%
Profit Margin
28.9%
Debt to Equity
3.41
Operating Cash Flow
$3B
Beta
1.61
Next Earnings
Jan 23, 2025
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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Zen Rating Component Grades

C
Value
C
Growth
C
Momentum
C
Sentiment
B
Safety
A
Financials
B
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Industry: Semiconductor Equipment

Industry Rating
C
KLAC
Ranked
#4 of 28

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Due Diligence Score

Industry Average (39)
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KLAC ($716.25) is overvalued by 33.89% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $534.95 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling
Below Fair Value Valuation
KLAC ($716.25) is not significantly undervalued (33.89%) relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $534.95 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
$716.25
Fair Value
$534.95
Overvalued by
33.89%
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KLAC price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings

Company
32.53x
Industry
31.91x
Market
30.62x
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P/E vs Industry Valuation
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KLAC price to book (PB)

For valuing companies that are loss-making or have lots of physical asset

Company
26.91x
Industry
9.07x
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KLAC price to earnings growth (PEG)

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KLAC's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$2.8B
Net Income
$945.9M
Profit Margin
33.3%
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Interest Coverage Financials
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Profit Margin Growth Financials

Assets to liabilities

Assets
$15.7B
Liabilities
$12.1B
Debt to equity
3.41
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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
$995.2M
Investing
-$171.0M
Financing
-$837.7M
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Debt Coverage Financials

KLAC vs Semiconductor Equipment Stocks

TickerZen RatingMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
KLACB$95.81B+2.14%32.53x26.91x
LRCXC$97.98B+1.45%24.53x11.57x
AMATC$145.15B+2.72%20.55x7.64x
TERC$21.97B+0.56%41.39x7.57x
ENTGC$15.39B+2.44%67.06x4.28x

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 $896.32, and its 52-week low was $552.85. It is currently -20.09% from its 52-week high and 29.56% from its 52-week low.

How much is Kla stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla currently has 133,759,778 outstanding shares. With Kla stock trading at $716.25 per share, the total value of Kla stock (market capitalization) is $95.81B.

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 27 years would have been 3,608.26%, for an annualized return of 14.32% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is Kla's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla stock price per share is $716.25 today (as of Jan 15, 2025).

What is Kla's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: KLAC) Kla's market cap is $95.81B, as of Jan 16, 2025.

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 $716.25 by KLAC's total outstanding shares of 133,759,778.
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