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Read moreKLAC - KLA CORP
$167.36
-0.66 -0.394%
Share volume: 6,615,386
Last Updated: 09-16-2026
Measuring And Control Equipment/Optical Instruments And Lenses:1.17%
Previous close$168.02
Chg-0.66
Chg%-0.39%
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$197.59$234.53$271.48$308.43
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Key data
Stock price$167.36
P/E ratio45.26forward 32.39
Day range$165.89 - $171.72
EPS$27.45
52 week range$165.89 - $2,431.29
52 week change-84.01 %
Market cap218.664 B
Yield0.5%
Shares outstanding137.104 M
Dividend$0.23
Ex-dividend date08-17-2026
Next earnings date11-04-2026announcedfiling est. 10-30-2026
Beta2
Public floatN/A
Average 10 volume9,461,432
Average 30 volume9,100,675
Company detail
- CEO
- Richard P. Wallace
- Region
- US
- Website
- kla.com
- Employees
- 14,000
- IPO year
- 1990
- Issue type
- Common Stock
- Market
- XNAS
- Industry
- Measuring And Control Equipment/Optical Instruments And Lenses
- Sector
- Manufacturing
KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control and yield management solutions for semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries. The company offers chip and wafer manufacturing products, including defect inspection and review systems, metrology solutions, in situ process monitoring products, computational lithography software, and data analytics systems.
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