KLAC — KLA Corporation

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates KLAC Bullish with a Setup Score of 49, net conviction 60, actionability 40. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score49
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction60
Actionability40 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

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 →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$183.83
Market Cap$242.83B
Float1.30B
Shares Outstanding1.31B
P/E (Forward)34.60
P/E (TTM)51.34
Price/Sales (TTM)17.88
vs. Analyst Target+26.1% to analyst PT
Profit Margin35.57%
Operating Margin (TTM)42.49%
Revenue (TTM)$13.58B
Earnings Growth (YoY)13.80%
Dividend Rate0.9%
Analyst Target Price$231.78 (30 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
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 $7.40B $5.34B
2026 $13.58B $4.83B $8.32B $5.99B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $3.21B $1.12B
Dec 2025 $3.30B $1.15B
Mar 2026 $3.42B $1.20B
Jun 2026 $3.66B $1.36B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.1%
Institutional Ownership93.9%
Short Float2.1%
% of All Funds Holding28.00%
Number of Funds Holding2,463

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.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$209.14Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$172.75Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$130.19Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$86.63Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$171.71Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$128.46Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$95.75Secular 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.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$285.00 resistance 1.29x 0 months ago
$126.00 support 1.09x 6 months ago
$108.00 support 1.10x 9 months ago
$76.00 support 1.08x 13 months ago
$69.00 support 1.02x 14 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (123 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.22% -0.15% 46.34% 7.60% -9.13%
1 Day 0.46% 0.24% 53.66% 15.24% -15.24%
1 Week 1.41% 1.05% 57.72% 26.61% -17.96%
2 Weeks 1.75% 1.35% 56.91% 37.54% -19.59%
1 Month 3.49% 1.63% 54.92% 40.35% -18.95%

Next earnings: October 16, 2026 (50 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan6.7%56.5%46
Feb2.8%58.7%46
Mar0.7%50.0%46
Apr3.4%56.5%46
May2.5%56.5%46
Jun1.6%50.0%46
Jul0.9%52.2%46
Aug-0.6%40.0%45
Sep-2.1%42.2%45
Oct3.7%62.2%45
Nov3.4%47.8%46
Dec4.1%60.9%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.10% 47.3% 2186
Tuesday 0.01% 46.9% 2371
Wednesday 0.20% 49.3% 2369
Thursday 0.16% 48.3% 2324
Friday 0.11% 46.4% 2310

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 93.9%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.1%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings22
Net Value-$70.3M
Net Shares Change-368,474
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings21
Clusters Detected3

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
WALLACE RICHARD P President and CEO -$17.4M 1 N/A
Lorig Brian EVP, KLA Global Services -$12.4M 1 N/A
Wilkinson Mary Beth EVP, CLO and Secretary -$9.9M 3 N/A
Khan Ahmad A. President, Semi. Prod. & Cust. -$6.6M 1 N/A
Kirloskar Virendra A SVP & Chief Accounting Officer -$2.6M 4 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-05-12 – 2026-05-12 3 3 +N/A 2 C-suite
2026-07-02 – 2026-07-06 3 3 -$14.4M 3 C-suite
2026-08-04 – 2026-08-14 12 6 -$56.0M 12 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-14 Lorig Brian EVP, KLA Global Services -$12.4M Transaction at $208.13, now -11.7%
2026-08-12 WALLACE RICHARD P President and CEO -$17.4M Transaction at $198.95, now -7.6%
2026-08-12 Khan Ahmad A. President, Semi. Prod. & Cust. -$6.6M Transaction at $198.95, now -7.6%
2026-08-10 Wilkinson Mary Beth EVP, CLO and Secretary -$4.5M Transaction at $195.39, now -5.9%
2026-08-05 Wilkinson Mary Beth EVP, CLO and Secretary -$2.7M Transaction at $195.50, now -6.0%
2026-08-04 Wilkinson Mary Beth EVP, CLO and Secretary -$2.7M Transaction at $187.17, now -1.8%

View full insider transaction history on Trend Edge →

AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for KLA Corporation (KLAC) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

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