Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) had a quiet start as it plunged -6.62% to $656.76, before settling in for the price of $703.31 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KLAC posted a 52-week range of $551.33-$896.32.
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It was noted that the giant of the Technology sector posted annual sales growth of 17.33% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 22.04%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 33.12%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $132.94 million, simultaneously with a float of $132.66 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $87.27 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $710.50, while the 200-day Moving Average is $725.44.
KLA Corp (KLAC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry. KLA Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.17%, in contrast to 88.12% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Mar 25 ’25, this organization’s EVP & Chief Financial Officer sold 7,008 shares at the rate of 724.62, making the entire transaction reach 5,078,137 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 28,798.
KLA Corp (KLAC) Earnings and Revenue Records
KLA Corp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 33.12% and is forecasted to reach 32.71 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 16.57% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 22.04% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for KLA Corp (KLAC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.56. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 44.20. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $27.62, and its Beta score is 1.38. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 8.05. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 25.96.
In the same vein, KLAC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 23.78, a figure that is expected to reach 8.07 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 32.71 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of KLA Corp (KLAC)
Going through the that latest performance of [KLA Corp, KLAC]. Its last 5-days volume of 2.78 million indicated improvement to the volume of 1.22 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 60.63% While, its Average True Range was 52.32.
Raw Stochastic average of KLA Corp (KLAC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 43.45%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 57.36% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 95.55% that was higher than 47.84% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
