After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
KLAC belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry. The current market capitalization of KLA Corp is $95.29B. A total of 1.68 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.14M shares.
In the most recent transaction, WALLACE RICHARD P sold 14,306 shares of KLAC for 663.01 per share on Nov 12 ’24. After the transaction, the President and CEO now owns 90,347 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 12 ’24, WALLACE RICHARD P bought 14,306 shares at 663.01 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Donzella Oreste acquired of 2,837 shares on Oct 15 ’24 at a per-share price of $825.52. In another insider transaction, Donzella Oreste bought 2,071 shares at $725.78 per share on Sep 05 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. KLA Corp pays an annual dividend of $6.05, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.88%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.52. KLAC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.99% when it declared a $1.70 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 11/18/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 8/15/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.83%. The KLAC stock dividend was $1.45 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, KLAC has a high of $896.32 and a low of $542.41.
As of this writing, KLAC has an earnings estimate of $7.79 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 21.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $8.21 per share and a lower estimate of $7.33.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. KLAC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $2.71B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $6.77B in debt and $2.87B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $26.60, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.40B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for KLAC is Buy with a score of 4.12.
