KLA (KLAC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KLA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" KLAC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KLAC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for KLA's shares. Their KLAC share price forecasts range from $325.00 to $468.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $399.26 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%.
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KLA's stock was trading at $377.03 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KLAC stock has increased by 11.2% and is now trading at $419.19.
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KLA saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,910,000 shares, a decrease of 5.9% from the April 15th total of 2,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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KLA Co. (NASDAQ:KLAC) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $5.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.30 by $0.19. The semiconductor company earned $2.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.38 billion. KLA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 167.59% and a net margin of 33.01%. KLA's quarterly revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $5.13 EPS.
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KLA announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Investors of record on Monday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 12th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) stock in their portfolio include ProShares Nanotechnology ETF (TINY), Logan Capital Broad Innovative Growth ETF (LCLG), Columbia Seligman Semiconductor and Technology ETF (SEMI), First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (FTXL), iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXQ), WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF) and Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF (SHOC).

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.27%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 21.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KLAC will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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KLA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, June 16th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 12.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

KLA issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.23-$5.43 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.52. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.125-$2.375 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.19 billion.

429 employees have rated KLA Chief Executive Officer Rick Wallace on Glassdoor.com. Rick Wallace has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Rick Wallace in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KLA investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Lam Research (LRCX), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Applied Materials (AMAT), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Salesforce (CRM), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Adobe (ADBE).

KLA trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KLAC."

KLA's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.01%), State Street Corp (4.18%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (2.82%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.15%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.07%) and FMR LLC (2.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Ahmad A Khan, Bren D Higgins, Brian Lorig, Gary B Moore, Kevin Kennedy, Kiran M Patel, Mary Beth Wilkinson, Oreste Donzella, Richard P Wallace, Virendra A Kirloskar and Virendra A Kirloskar.
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Shares of KLAC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KLAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $419.19.

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) has a market capitalization of $57.51 billion and generates $9.21 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $3.32 billion in net income (profit) each year or $24.52 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,280 workers across the globe.

KLA's mailing address is ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MILPITAS CA, 95035. The official website for the company is www.kla.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (408) 875-3000, via email at ir@kla-tencor.com, or via fax at 408-875-4144.