KLA Corp (KLAC) recent activity suggests a positive outlook with the last week’s performance of -4.66%

On Friday, KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) was -3.77% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $700.00. A 52-week range for KLAC has been $609.40 – $896.32.

A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 17.33% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 33.05%. With a float of $132.65 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $132.94 million.

In an organization with 15230 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.28%, operating margin of 39.33%, and the pretax margin is 34.12%.

KLA Corp (KLAC) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward KLA Corp stocks. The insider ownership of KLA Corp is 0.18%, while institutional ownership is 88.08%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 25 ’25, was worth 5,078,137. In this transaction EVP & Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 7,008 shares at a rate of $724.62, taking the stock ownership to the 28,798 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 25 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 7,008 for $724.62, making the entire transaction worth $5,078,137.

KLA Corp (KLAC) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 33.05% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.54% during the next five years compared to 22.04% growth over the previous five years of trading.

KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what KLA Corp (KLAC) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.56. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.26. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 26.62.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 23.78, a number that is poised to hit 8.07 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 32.67 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of KLA Corp (KLAC)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.74 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.1 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.82%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 24.78.

During the past 100 days, KLA Corp’s (KLAC) raw stochastic average was set at 34.78%, which indicates a significant increase from 24.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 34.61% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 33.83% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $727.76, while its 200-day Moving Average is $733.55. However, in the short run, KLA Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $689.45. Second resistance stands at $705.30. The third major resistance level sits at $716.43. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $662.46, it is likely to go to the next support level at $651.33. The third support level lies at $635.48 if the price breaches the second support level.

KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Key Stats

There are 132,887K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 89.51 billion. As of now, sales total 9,812 M while income totals 2,762 M. Its latest quarter income was 3,077 M while its last quarter net income were 824,530 K.