Bokf Na Has $9.05 Million Stock Holdings in KLA Corporation $KLAC

Bokf Na lessened its holdings in KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) by 12.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,451 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,083 shares during the period. Bokf Na’s holdings in KLA were worth $9,054,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of KLAC. Close Asset Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of KLA during the third quarter worth $133,209,000. PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab purchased a new stake in shares of KLA during the fourth quarter worth $119,618,000. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. raised its holdings in shares of KLA by 69.1% during the third quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. now owns 87,547 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $94,422,000 after acquiring an additional 35,770 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of KLA by 418.1% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 29,227 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,524,000 after acquiring an additional 23,586 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of KLA by 14.8% during the third quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 69,563 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $74,898,000 after acquiring an additional 8,973 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.65% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on KLAC. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on KLA from $1,600.00 to $1,700.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group increased their price objective on KLA from $1,575.00 to $1,835.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on KLA from $1,950.00 to $2,000.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of KLA in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on KLA from $1,700.00 to $1,910.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Twenty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,821.26.

KLA Price Performance

NASDAQ KLAC opened at $1,816.29 on Thursday. KLA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $675.27 and a fifty-two week high of $1,939.36. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $1,597.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $1,406.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 3.03 and a quick ratio of 2.11. The firm has a market cap of $237.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.50.

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The semiconductor company reported $9.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $9.17 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $3.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.37 billion. KLA had a return on equity of 91.89% and a net margin of 35.66%.The business’s revenue was up 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $8.41 earnings per share. KLA has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 8.870-10.870 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that KLA Corporation will post 37.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

KLA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 12th that allows the company to repurchase $7.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the semiconductor company to purchase up to 3.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

KLA Company Profile

KLA is a provider of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries. The company designs and manufactures equipment, software and services used by chipmakers to analyze and control manufacturing processes, detect defects, measure critical dimensions and improve yield across wafer fabrication, photomask and packaging operations. KLA’s offerings are aimed at enabling production of advanced logic, memory, and specialty devices at progressively smaller technology nodes and more complex package structures.

Its product portfolio includes optical and e-beam inspection systems, metrology tools for critical dimension and film measurement, mask and reticle inspection platforms, as well as enterprise software and data analytics that aggregate process data and drive automated process control.