KLA Corporation specializes in creating, manufacturing, and distributing advanced solutions vital for process control, process optimization, and yield enhancement throughout the global semiconductor and broader electronics industries. The company organizes its business into four main segments: Semiconductor Process Control, Specialty Semiconductor Process, PCB, Display and Component Inspection, and an 'Other' category. For integrated circuit (IC) fabrication, KLA offers a comprehensive range of products. These include systems for wafer inspection, review, and metrology; defect inspection and metrology for both wafers/substrates and reticles; chemical and materials quality analysis tools; and real-time process management and wafer handling diagnostics essential for IC and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) production. Furthermore, the company develops software for live process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification. KLA also supplies refurbished and remanufactured equipment. Beyond IC manufacturing, KLA supports specialty semiconductor production. This includes benchtop metrology, surface characterization, and electrical property measurement services suitable for general-purpose and laboratory use. They also provide technologies and solutions for etching, plasma dicing, deposition, and various other wafer processing tasks within the semiconductor and microelectronics sectors. Within the printed circuit board (PCB) market, KLA delivers solutions such as direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering. For the display industry, their offerings encompass inspection and electrical testing systems to pinpoint and categorize defects, as well as equipment for defect repair. KLA also supplies inspection and metrology systems designed to improve quality control and yield in both advanced and conventional semiconductor packaging markets. Established in 1975, the company was initially known as KLA-Tencor Corporation before rebranding as KLA Corporation in July 2019. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Milpitas, California.
CEO: Richard Wallace. Company website
KLA Corporation (KLAC) trades at $176.99, up 4.74% on the day, as of Sep 20, 2026 13:06 UTC.
KLA Corporation has a market capitalisation of $231.20B, calculated from the live KLAC share price and shares outstanding.
KLAC trades at a trailing P/E of 48.23, from earnings per share of $3.67 over the last twelve months.
KLA Corporation generated revenue of $13.58B over the trailing twelve months, which puts the stock at 17.03 times sales.
Yes. KLA Corporation pays a dividend yielding 0.48% on the current share price.
KLAC has traded between $96.70 and $307.37 over the past 52 weeks, and the last price is 42.4% below that high.
Yes. KLA Corporation keeps 35.57% of revenue as net income over the trailing twelve months.
Wall Street analysts rate KLAC Buy, with an average price target of $225.50, 27.4% above the current price.
KLA Corporation is classified under the Technology sector and the Semiconductors industry, and is domiciled in US.
Richard Wallace is the chief executive of KLA Corporation, which employs 17,100 people.
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