KLAC · KLA Corporation
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $195.2B |
| P/E | 36.96 |
| Float | 1.30B |
| Beta | 1.50 |
| Volatility 30D | 53.5% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Semiconductors |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 47.2 |
| Price | 134.23 |
| Change | −10.39% |
| Prev Close | 149.79 |
| Open | 153.78 |
| Day Low | 147.38 |
| Day High | 157.00 |
| Avg Vol | 14 |
| Avg $ Vol | $2.07B |
| 52W High | 307.37 |
| 52W Low | 107.20 |
| 52W Pos | 13.5% |
| From High | −56.33% |
| From Low | +25.21% |
| Max DD 1Y | −51.74% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | −19.05% |
| SMA 50 | −24.09% |
| SMA 200 | −26.27% |
| RSI (14) | 36.5 |
| Vol 90D | 63.2% |
| Vol 1Y | 61.8% |
| 1Y Range | 107–307 |
| Daily bars | 549 |
| Perf Week | −5.66% |
| Perf Month | −24.14% |
| Perf Quarter | −22.48% |
| Perf Half Y | −17.53% |
| Perf Year | +22.87% |
| Perf YTD | +5.32% |
| Prev Day | −10.39% |
| Clavix | D+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.93 |
| Curr Ratio | 2.88 |
| Int Cover | 22.8× |
| FCF Margin | 27.7% |
| Rev Growth | +11.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 21 / 54 |
What KLAC does
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide.
The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection.
It offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems to measure pattern dimensions, film thickness, film stress, layer-to-layer alignment, pattern placement, surface topography, and electro-optical properties for 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; and semiconductor software solutions that provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification to accelerate yield learning rates and reduce production risk.
The company also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry.
In addition, it offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB 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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayKLAC grades D+, 47.2 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (53), most exposed on Macro Resilience (28, weak). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Semiconductors median. Ranks 21 of 54 in Semiconductors by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| KLAC | Semiconductors median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.50 | 1.95 |
| 30-day realized volatilityannualized, from daily closes | 53.5% | 66.4% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −51.7% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 2.11% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 91 (36%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| KLAC | Semiconductors median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.50 | 1.95 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | Very High 65% of 54 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Semiconductors names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| KLAC | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −5.7% |
| 1 month | −24.1% |
| Year to date | +5.3% |
| 1 year | +22.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| KLAC | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 7 Oct |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 70 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 23 · 1 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 23 ↑ 1 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 54 Semiconductors names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| KLAC | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +11.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Semiconductors median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openKLA reported first-quarter revenue growth of 29% from a year earlier, expanded its gross and operating profit margins, beat analyst expectations, and increased capital returns through larger share buybacks and dividends. The company guided to second-quarter revenue growth of 43% and earnings-per-share growth above 60%, with AI demand driving momentum.
KLA’s shares have declined 49.3%, while first-quarter FY2027 revenue rose 28.9% from a year earlier and the company reported a record 46.1% operating margin excluding special accounting adjustments. Second-quarter revenue guidance is $4.70 billion at the midpoint, up 42.5% and in line with consensus; the analyst rates KLA a Buy with a $178.25 target.
KLA beat first-quarter profit and revenue estimates and guided above analyst consensus for the second quarter and beyond. The article argues that rising chip complexity and strong AI-related demand can sustain revenue growth into 2027, while higher memory costs and heavy capital spending may pressure margins, free cash flow, and cash returns to shareholders.
KLA reported third-quarter CY2026 revenue of $4.14 billion, up 28.9% from a year earlier and 2.3% above the S&P analyst estimate, while adjusted profit was $1.22 per share, 3.5% above estimates. Management attributed demand to AI infrastructure and advanced-packaging investment and guided fourth-quarter revenue to $4.7 billion at the midpoint, above analyst estimates.
The article says KLA Corporation's advanced packaging business could grow strongly as more complex AI chips require inspection and measurement tools. It provides no financial figures, customer commitments, guidance, or other concrete development confirming that growth.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | B | $196.8B | 47.82 | 1.30 | Compare |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | C | $184.9B | 19.41 | 1.79 | Compare |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology, Inc. | F | $140.1B | 53.08 | 2.30 | Compare |
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| AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | D | $293.2B | 32.71 | 1.67 | Compare |
| INTC | Intel Corp | F | $309.7B | — | 2.45 | Compare |
| NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV | C+ | $66.80B | 20.52 | 1.89 | Compare |
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