KLA (KLAC) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of KLA (NASDAQ: KLAC) recently:

• 6/10/2026 – KLA was given a new $2,000.00 price target by Scotiabank.
• 6/10/2026 – KLA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $2,500.00 price target on the stock, up from $2,000.00.
• 6/9/2026 – KLA had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group AG. They now have a $2,180.00 price target on the stock, up from $1,770.00.
• 5/20/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Sanford C. Bernstein from $1,875.00 to $1,975.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Rothschild & Co Redburn from $1,400.00 to $1,865.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Citic Securities from $1,350.00 to $1,970.00.
• 5/4/2026 – KLA was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 5/1/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $1,800.00 to $2,064.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Argus from $1,750.00 to $1,950.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. They now have a $1,750.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $1,600.00 to $1,700.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.. They now have a $2,000.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Sanford C. Bernstein from $1,835.00 to $1,875.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $1,800.00 to $2,000.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $1,600.00 to $1,700.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $1,900.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $1,700.00 to $2,000.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $1,505.00 to $1,550.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $1,700.00 to $1,910.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by BNP Paribas Exane from $1,550.00 to $1,700.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Berenberg Bank from $1,770.00 to $2,000.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $1,950.00 to $2,000.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $1,900.00 to $2,100.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Needham & Company LLC from $1,800.00 to $2,000.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by New Street Research from $1,460.00 to $1,770.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/21/2026 – KLA had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 4/21/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $1,575.00 to $1,835.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.

KLA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 18th were paid a dividend of $2.30 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 18th. This is a positive change from KLA’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.90. This represents a $9.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. KLA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.04%.

Insider Buying and Selling at KLA

In related news, CEO Richard P. Wallace sold 4,512 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,794.00, for a total value of $8,094,528.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,895 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $136,155,630. This represents a 5.61% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 91.48% of the company’s stock.

KLA is a provider of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries. The company designs and manufactures equipment, software and services used by chipmakers to analyze and control manufacturing processes, detect defects, measure critical dimensions and improve yield across wafer fabrication, photomask and packaging operations. KLA’s offerings are aimed at enabling production of advanced logic, memory, and specialty devices at progressively smaller technology nodes and more complex package structures.

Its product portfolio includes optical and e-beam inspection systems, metrology tools for critical dimension and film measurement, mask and reticle inspection platforms, as well as enterprise software and data analytics that aggregate process data and drive automated process control.