KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) on Tuesday, plunged -2.00% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $693.29. Within the past 52 weeks, KLAC’s price has moved between $551.33 and $896.32.
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A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 17.33% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 36.33%. With a float of $132.01 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $132.24 million.
In an organization with 15230 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.87%, operating margin of 40.83%, and the pretax margin is 36.9%.
KLA Corp (KLAC) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of KLA Corp is 0.17%, while institutional ownership is 88.26%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 06 ’25, was worth 7,381,007. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 25 ’25, when Company’s EVP & Chief Financial Officer sold 7,008 for $724.62, making the entire transaction worth $5,078,137. This insider now owns 28,798 shares in total.
KLA Corp (KLAC) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 36.33% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.29% during the next five years compared to 22.04% growth over the previous five years of trading.
KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Trading Performance Indicators
KLA Corp (KLAC) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.68 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 25.59.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 27.52, a number that is poised to hit 8.53 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 33.13 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 1.04 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.2 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 65.53%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 30.43.
During the past 100 days, KLA Corp’s (KLAC) raw stochastic average was set at 52.78%, which indicates a significant decrease from 71.62% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 43.96% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 49.05% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $682.62, while its 200-day Moving Average is $711.13. However, in the short run, KLA Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $687.08. Second resistance stands at $694.73. The third major resistance level sits at $699.47. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $674.69, it is likely to go to the next support level at $669.95. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $662.30.
KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 89.85 billion based on 132,241K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 9,812 M and income totals 2,762 M. The company made 3,063 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 1,088 M in sales during its previous quarter.
