KLAC (KLAC) Stock

About KLAC

KLAC is led by CEO Richard Wallace, employs 15,000 people, headquartered in Milpitas, US, publicly traded since 1980.

KLAC stock trades at $170.89 with a market capitalization of $223.23B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 49.90, price-to-book of 37.97, price-to-sales of 17.68. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $83.22 and $307.37, and currently trades 44.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.50%.

On profitability, KLAC generates a return on equity (ROE) of 85.38% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 41.48%, an operating margin of 43.11%, a net profit margin of 35.57%.

In its most recent fiscal year, KLAC reported annual revenue of $13.6B, net profit of $4.8B, revenue has compounded at 14.4% a year over the last five years, profit at 18.4% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 2.62, total assets of $18.0B, $1.6B in cash and equivalents.

KLAC has a beta of 1.46 (more volatile than the overall market).