KLAC KLA Corporation

KLAC KLA Corporation

Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Market read

Scan convergence 2 scans as of 2026-08-17 2 neutral converging

POC $143.67 · VWAP $157.93 · +30.3% vs 12m avg buyer

pullback vol: normalgaps: overnight-shiftchurn: quiet as of

Insiders no data — outside the Form 4 poll — US-filer feed only (foreign filers report via MAR managers'-transactions notices)

Coverage

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KLAC Price Structure

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Peers

Every watchlist KLAC belongs to, members best 30-day change first — KLAC highlighted in place. Each pill: 30d change, 1d/7d, and a close spark over the last 30 calendar days (~21 sessions); hover for price, RSI, and the full chart.

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TER+37.5% +5.8%1d +21.4%7d FORM+30.9% +5.0%1d +22.9%7d ONTO+25.5% +5.9%1d +20.6%7d ENTG+17.6% +0.8%1d +13.0%7d CAMT+17.6% +3.9%1d +8.4%7d LRCX+9.8% +3.5%1d +12.3%7d ASML+7.9% +2.1%1d +8.6%7d BESIY+6.2% +1.3%1d +8.1%7d ACLS+5.6% +2.8%1d +8.7%7d KLIC+4.7% +2.7%1d +17.7%7d AMAT+1.1% +5.5%1d +2.6%7d MKSI-1.2% +3.2%1d +9.8%7d AMKR-2.6% +3.9%1d +15.9%7d KLAC-3.3% +1.0%1d +6.7%7d
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Decision history

2 scored calls · newest first · projection

How to read this: Positive 30-day excess supports an enter call. For pass, avoid, sell, or exit calls, a positive number means the name kept rising after the call.

Jul 2 pass n/a Watched, not owned -24.1% complete
May 23 sell n/a Profit target +34.4% complete

Next earnings KLAC reports in 71 days Oct 28

Last report Jul 30

KLA's print appears to have already landed and been absorbed by the tape ahead of this event's 2026-07-30 date: Benzinga (dated 2026-07-29) reports shares falling despite raised guidance ("Raised Guidance Fails To Impress Wall Street"), and the market-engine calendar has already rolled KLA's next print forward to 2026-10-28 — consistent with a report having...

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Against street estimates

How KLAC's reported EPS compared with analyst consensus. Street estimates are single-source vendor consensus (yfinance). Actuals are vendor consensus-basis EPS (often non-GAAP); edgarEps is GAAP diluted from filings — disputed flags large disagreement only. EPS only.

8 most recent of 9 quarters · newest report Jul 28 · projection Aug 17

Result
Jul 28 1.001.05+5.1%Beat
Apr 29 0.920.94+2.5%Beat
Jan 29 0.880.89+0.6%In line
Oct 29 '25 0.860.88+2.2%Beat
Jul 31 '25 0.860.94+9.7%Beat
Apr 30 '25 0.810.84+4.0%Beat
Jan 30 '25 0.780.82+5.7%Beat
Oct 30 '24 0.700.73+4.0%Beat

News (last pull)

Headlines about KLAC from the desk's news pull — links go to the publisher. Not a desk read: the market read above is the desk's own.

pulled 18 days ago · Jul 31

KLAC research tape

56 dated scans, research, and events, newest first — the full record. Desk commentary and scheduled prints sit in their own panes.

scan Monster Scan — 2026-08-17 scan WFE / Test-Metrology Scan — August 14, 2026 scan Monster Scan — 2026-08-14 scan Bargain Bin scan Monster Scan — 2026-08-13
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Aug 17 Scan Monster Scan
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Aug 14 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Aug 14 Scan Monster Scan
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Aug 14 Scan Bargain Bin
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Aug 13 Scan Monster Scan
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Aug 12 Scan Monster Scan
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Aug 8 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Aug 8 Scan Monster Scan
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Aug 8 Scan Bargain Bin
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Jul 31 Market Brief One Margin Call, One Record Day
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Jul 31 The Prints The Prints
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Jul 31 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Jul 31 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 31 Scan Bargain Bin
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Jul 30 Market Brief The Block Clears: Citadel Buys the Book, Memory Rips
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Jul 30 Catalyst KLAC earnings
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Jul 29 Market Brief The Split Print: Compute Sellers Collect, Compute Buyers Pay
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Jul 28 Article Fifteen of twenty broke together
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Jul 28 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Jul 28 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 28 Catalyst KLAC earnings
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Jul 28 Scan Bargain Bin
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Jul 25 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Jul 25 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 25 Scan Bargain Bin
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Jul 17 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Jul 17 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 17 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 17 Scan Bargain Bin
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Jul 11 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Jul 11 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 7 Scan WFE / Test Metrology Scan
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Jul 7 Scan Monster Scan
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Jul 7 Scan Bargain Bin
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Jun 26 Scan WFE / Test / Metrology Scan
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Jun 26 Scan Monster Scan
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Jun 25 Scan WFE / Test / Metrology Scan
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Jun 25 Scan Monster Scan
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Jun 22 Article Daily Actions — R33 Full Scan (2026-06-18 anchor)
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Jun 22 Article Week in Review — The Rotation Down-Stack
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Jun 20 Scan Monster Scan
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Jun 20 Scan WFE / Test / Metrology Scan
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Jun 16 Scan Monster Scan
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Jun 3 Investigation Nearline HDD storage chokepoint — demand corroborated, supply chain mapped, durable vs bubble and coverage decision
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Jun 3 Investigation Following the money up Dell's supply chain — where the alpha moved and what's durable vs cyclical bubble
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May 29 Scan Monster Scan
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May 29 Scan Bargain Bin Scan
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Apr 28 Scan Monster Scan
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Apr 26 Scan Tech Insider Buys
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Apr 26 Scan Monster Scan
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Mar 31 Scan Monster Scan
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Mar 12 Scan Monster Scan
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Mar 11 Scan Monster Scan
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Feb 3 Scan NVDA Ecosystem (Supply Chain & Adjacent)
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