KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.47 EPS

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The semiconductor company reported $8.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.73 by $0.47, Zacks reports. KLA had a return on equity of 105.16% and a net margin of 28.92%. KLA updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 7.450-8.650 EPS.

KLA Price Performance

Shares of KLAC stock traded up $29.46 on Thursday, reaching $742.43. 1,685,598 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,289,157. KLA has a 1 year low of $581.70 and a 1 year high of $896.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 2.13. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $671.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $718.50. The company has a market cap of $99.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.27.

KLA Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th were issued a dividend of $1.70 per share. This represents a $6.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.92%. This is an increase from KLA’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.45. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 18th. KLA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.05%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

KLAC has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $925.00 price objective on shares of KLA in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. Oppenheimer raised KLA from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $750.00 to $850.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on KLA from $746.00 to $703.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on KLA from $890.00 to $750.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of KLA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $812.47.

KLA Company Profile

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of 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 and Component Inspection.