KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) Updates Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) issued an update on its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 7.450-8.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 7.470. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$3.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.9 billion.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on KLA from $795.00 to $870.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. StockNews.com cut shares of KLA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of KLA from $700.00 to $760.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of KLA from $665.00 to $780.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Oppenheimer raised KLA from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $750.00 to $850.00 in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, KLA currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $829.32.

KLA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:KLAC opened at $738.24 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $675.96 and its 200 day simple moving average is $717.84. KLA has a fifty-two week low of $581.70 and a fifty-two week high of $896.32. The company has a market capitalization of $98.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.48.

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The semiconductor company reported $8.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $7.73 by $0.47. KLA had a net margin of 28.92% and a return on equity of 105.16%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that KLA will post 30.34 earnings per share for the current year.

KLA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th were paid a $1.70 dividend. This represents a $6.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.92%. This is a boost from KLA’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.45. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 18th. KLA’s payout ratio is presently 31.05%.

About KLA

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.