Headquartered in Milpitas, CA Fiscal year ends June NASDAQ: KLAC kla.com
KLA Corporation develops equipment and services used across the electronics manufacturing chain. It provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging and printed circuit boards.
It reports three segments:
- **Semiconductor Process Control**, by far the largest, covering inspection and metrology systems used by foundry, logic and memory chipmakers.
- **Specialty Semiconductor Process**.
- **PCB and Component Inspection**.
Revenue comes from product (system) sales and a recurring services business; service revenue was about $851 million in the September 2026 quarter. Demand is closely tied to semiconductor capital spending, currently driven by AI infrastructure, leading-edge logic and foundry designs, memory complexity and advanced packaging. The customer base is highly concentrated and global, with exposure to China subject to U.S. export controls.
The company returns capital through quarterly dividends and share repurchases. It completed a ten-for-one stock split effective June 11, 2026. Updated
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KLA Corporation develops equipment and services used across the electronics manufacturing chain. It provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging and printed circuit boards.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for KLAC is $173.64, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $219.62. KLAC price prediction →
