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About KLA Corporation
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. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: October 8, 1980
Headquarters: One Technology Drive, Milpitas, CA, United States, 95035
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$1957.19
Market Cap
$240.64B
Float
130.3M
Shares Outstanding
130.6M
P/E (Forward)
36.36
P/E (TTM)
52.08
Price/Sales (TTM)
18.37
vs. Analyst Target
-5.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
35.66%
Operating Margin (TTM)
41.22%
Revenue (TTM)
$13.10B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
11.80%
Dividend Rate
9.2%
Analyst Target Price
$1855.14 (30 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$5.81B
$1.22B
$3.36B
$1.83B
2021
$6.92B
$2.08B
$4.15B
$2.85B
2022
$9.21B
$3.32B
$5.62B
$4.01B
2023
$10.50B
$3.39B
$6.28B
$4.50B
2024
$9.81B
$2.76B
$5.88B
$3.90B
2025
$12.16B
$4.06B
$7.58B
$5.34B
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$3.17B
$1.20B
Sep 2025
$3.21B
$1.12B
Dec 2025
$3.30B
$1.15B
Mar 2026
$3.42B
$1.20B
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
0.1%
Institutional Ownership
93.8%
Short Float
2.4%
% of All Funds Holding
23.68%
Number of Funds Holding
1,946
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$1766.91
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$1375.21
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$1064.35
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$748.23
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$1368.23
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$1049.35
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$820.38
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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