A new trading day began on Tuesday, with KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) stock price down -1.61% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $652.37. KLAC’s price has ranged from $542.41 to $896.32 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Technology sector company grew by 17.33% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 28.49%. With a float of $132.65 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $133.82 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 15230 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.38%, operating margin of 38.76%, and the pretax margin is 33.34%.
KLA Corp (KLAC) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. The insider ownership of KLA Corp is 0.83%, while institutional ownership is 87.36%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 12 ’24, was worth 9,485,021. In this transaction President and CEO of this company sold 14,306 shares at a rate of $663.01, taking the stock ownership to the 90,347 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 14,306 for $663.01, making the entire transaction worth $9,485,021.
KLA Corp (KLAC) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 7.58 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 28.49% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.04% during the next five years compared to 22.04% growth over the previous five years of trading.
KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are KLA Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.44. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.38. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 27.25.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 21.90, a number that is poised to hit 7.75 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 32.78 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of KLA Corp (KLAC)
KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) saw its 5-day average volume 1.07 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.98 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 53.37%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 19.51.
During the past 100 days, KLA Corp’s (KLAC) raw stochastic average was set at 14.09%, which indicates a significant decrease from 52.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.49% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 53.11% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $685.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $735.23. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $653.64 in the near term. At $665.42, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $673.00. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $634.28, it is likely to go to the next support level at $626.70. The third support level lies at $614.92 if the price breaches the second support level.
KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 85.86 billion, the company has a total of 133,760K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 9,812 M while annual income is 2,762 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 2,842 M while its latest quarter income was 945,850 K.
