KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 6.400-7.600 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 6.490. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.6 billion. KLA also updated its Q1 guidance to $6.40-7.60 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on KLAC. Citigroup upped their price objective on KLA from $760.00 to $980.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Monday, July 15th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on KLA from $692.00 to $698.00 and gave the stock an equal weight rating in a report on Friday, April 26th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on KLA from $700.00 to $760.00 and gave the stock a hold rating in a report on Thursday. Susquehanna cut their target price on KLA from $730.00 to $680.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on KLA from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a research report on Thursday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, KLA has an average rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $806.24.

KLA Stock Up 3.5 %

Shares of KLAC stock traded up $26.40 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $789.21. The stock had a trading volume of 574,790 shares, compared to its average volume of 904,013. KLA has a 12-month low of $440.15 and a 12-month high of $896.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $106.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.99 and a beta of 1.27. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $808.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $714.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 2.14 and a quick ratio of 1.46.

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 24th. The semiconductor company reported $6.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.15 by $0.45. KLA had a return on equity of 106.27% and a net margin of 28.15%. The business had revenue of $2.57 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.52 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $5.40 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that KLA will post 28.18 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

KLA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 15th were paid a dividend of $1.45 per share. This represents a $5.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 14th. KLA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.38%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Brian Lorig sold 44 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $819.40, for a total transaction of $36,053.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 14,211 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,644,493.40. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In other KLA news, CEO Richard P. Wallace sold 14,009 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $716.63, for a total value of $10,039,269.67. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 93,142 shares in the company, valued at $66,748,351.46. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Brian Lorig sold 44 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $819.40, for a total value of $36,053.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 14,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,644,493.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 22,905 shares of company stock worth $16,831,966 in the last three months. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

KLA Company Profile

KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB, Display and Component Inspection.