KLA Corporation (KLAC) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What KLAC does

KLA Corporation (KLAC) 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, as well as chemical process control equipment, sensor wafers and reticles, and semiconductor software solutions.

Key numbers explained

• KLAC trades at 187.86 USD, with a marketCap of 245.45B USD, placing it among large-cap technology companies and part of the S&P 500.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 51.5 shows how much investors pay per dollar of past earnings; the forward P/E ratio of 28 reflects expectations for future earnings.
• The dividend yield is 0.49%, with an exDividendDate of Aug 17, 2026, and 22% of earnings paid out as dividends.
• EPS, trailing 12 months, is 3.65 USD, while beta of 1.44 indicates the stock tends to move more than the overall market.
• Revenue, trailing 12 months, is 13.58B USD, growing 15.2% year over year, with a profitMargin of 35.6% and operatingMargin of 42.5%.
• The 52-week price range is 98.1 – 307.37, and the price change over the last 52 weeks is 76.2%.

Recent news

• Headlines highlight KLAC among top chip equipment stocks as AI demand fuels optimism from BofA.
• Other pieces note that the Nasdaq rally has not stopped tech stocks from flashing warning signs, and a separate update tracks KLAC stock moving 2.36%.
• Additional coverage includes a semiconductor metrology market forecast featuring KLA Corp. alongside peers such as Applied Materials, ASML, and Lam Research.

What to watch

• Semiconductor equipment demand is tied to broader cycles in chip investment and AI-related spending, which can affect companies like KLAC.
• Valuation metrics such as the P/E ratio and priceToBook of 38.67 are useful for comparing KLAC with peers like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Qualcomm (QCOM), and Dell Technologies (DELL).
• Earnings reports, scheduled for Oct 28, 2026, and updates on margins and debt-to-equity of 96.9 can influence sentiment.