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We have scored 90 news catalysts on KLA Corporation (KLAC) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Mar 3, 2026, when KLAC closed −6.1%: “Dow Jones opens 1,000 points lower amid widespread selling sparked by Iran war”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.33). Most of the impact sits in sector technology and price momentum.
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Market cap
220.3B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
1.44
52W range
97.627-307.37
Day range
169.64–171.72
Open
171.49
Prev close
168.02
Volume
1.8M
Avg volume
13M
Dividend
0.84
IPO
1980-10-08
Analysts publish price targets on KLAC, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
23 analyst price targets from $180 to $325
as of 2026-09-03
The market is 28% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about KLA Corporation — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of KLA Corporation, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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KLA Corporation specializes in creating, manufacturing, and distributing advanced solutions vital for process control, process optimization, and yield enhancement throughout the global semiconductor and broader electronics industries. The company organizes its business into four main segments: Semiconductor Process Control, Specialty Semiconductor Process, PCB, Display and Component Inspection, and an 'Other' category. For integrated circuit (IC) fabrication, KLA offers a comprehensive range of products. These include systems for wafer inspection, review, and metrology; defect inspection and metrology for both wafers/substrates and reticles; chemical and materials quality analysis tools; and real-time process management and wafer handling diagnostics essential for IC and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) production. Furthermore, the company develops software for live process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification. KLA also supplies refurbished and remanufactured equipment. Beyond IC manufacturing, KLA supports specialty semiconductor production. This includes benchtop metrology, surface characterization, and electrical property measurement services suitable for general-purpose and laboratory use. They also provide technologies and solutions for etching, plasma dicing, deposition, and various other wafer processing tasks within the semiconductor and microelectronics sectors. Within the printed circuit board (PCB) market, KLA delivers solutions such as direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering. For the display industry, their offerings encompass inspection and electrical testing systems to pinpoint and categorize defects, as well as equipment for defect repair. KLA also supplies inspection and metrology systems designed to improve quality control and yield in both advanced and conventional semiconductor packaging markets. Established in 1975, the company was initially known as KLA-Tencor Corporation before rebranding as KLA Corporation in July 2019. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Milpitas, California.
The price sits at the very bottom of the published analyst targets, endorsing only the most conservative model and rejecting 21 more bullish scenarios that assume the company will accelerate well beyond its current 11.7% growth rate.
What the disagreement turns on
Does KLA's revenue growth actually accelerate from the current 11.7% toward the 20.5% the price requires, or do export controls and spending limits cap the upside; unit volume data can track the acceleration, but the export restriction risk itself cannot be measured with the tools available.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
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