25.77% percent quarterly performance for KLA Corp (KLAC) is not indicative of the underlying story

KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) on Tuesday, soared 0.07% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $892.38. Within the past 52 weeks, KLAC’s price has moved between $551.33 and $896.32.

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Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 16.50% over the last five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 36.48%. With a float of $132.03 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $132.24 million.

The firm has a total of 15230 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. 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 Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of KLA Corp is 0.16%, while institutional ownership is 87.82%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 22 ’25, was worth 781,023. In this transaction EVP & Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 1,019 shares at a rate of $766.46, taking the stock ownership to the 27,779 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 22 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 1,019 for $766.46, making the entire transaction worth $781,023.

KLA Corp (KLAC) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 8.11 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 36.48% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.65% 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 10.23. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 33.63.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 27.52, a number that is poised to hit 8.54 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 33.25 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of KLA Corp (KLAC)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [KLA Corp, KLAC], we can find that recorded value of 1.51 million was better than the volume posted last year of 1.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 91.33%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 23.52.

During the past 100 days, KLA Corp’s (KLAC) raw stochastic average was set at 93.99%, which indicates a significant increase from 87.48% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.55% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 50.63% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $740.58, while its 200-day Moving Average is $713.30. Now, the first resistance to watch is $909.31. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $925.63. The third major resistance level sits at $936.42. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $882.20, it is likely to go to the next support level at $871.41. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $855.09.

KLA Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 118.09 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.

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