KLA Overview

  • Founded
  • 1976
Founded
  • Status
  • Public
  • Employees
  • 11,550
Employees
  • Stock Symbol
  • KLAC
Stock Symbol
  • Investments
  • 34
  • Share Price
  • $352.61
  • (As of Thursday Closing)

KLA General Information

Description

KLA designs and manufactures yield-management and process-monitoring diagnostic and control systems for the semiconductor industry. The systems are used to analyze the manufacturing process at various steps in a semiconductor's development. The firm's laser-scanning products are used for wafer qualification, process monitoring, and equipment monitoring. KLA also provides inspection tools and systems for optical metrology and e-beam metrology.

Contact Information

Website
www.kla-tencor.com
Formerly Known As
KLA Instruments, Tencor Instruments
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
General Purpose Semiconductors
Stock Exchange
NAS
Primary Office
  • Three Technology Drive
  • Milpitas, CA 95035
  • United States
+1 (408) 000-0000
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KLA Stock Performance

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$352.61 $350.92 $284.49 - $457.12 $52.9B 151M 1.53M $19.60

KLA Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 31-Dec-2021 FY 2021 30-Jun-2021 FY 2020 30-Jun-2020 FY 2019 30-Jun-2019
EV 66,129,874 50,795,009 32,077,122 20,665,388
Revenue 8,165,712 6,918,734 5,806,424 4,568,904
EBITDA 3,528,177 2,842,188 1,803,388 1,613,692
Net Income 2,986,335 2,078,292 1,216,785 1,175,617
Total Assets 11,680,237 10,271,124 9,279,960 9,008,516
Total Debt 3,539,126 3,545,828 3,569,549 3,423,382
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

KLA Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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KLA Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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11,550 As of 2021
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KLA Competitors (21)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Analog Devices Corporation Wilmington, MA 00000 00000000
00000 Venture Capital-Backed Austin, TX 000 00000 00000000000 00000
0000000 0000000000 Corporation Hillsboro, OR 000 000.00 000000 - 000 000.00
000000 Corporation Plano, TX 0000 00000000
0000000000 Formerly VC-backed San Jose, CA 00 00000 000000000 00000
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KLA Patents

  • 5,637

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 1,225

    Granted

  • 173

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

KLA Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-11164307-B1 Misregistration metrology by using fringe moiré and optical moiré effects Active 21-Jul-2020 000000000 00
US-20210383557-A1 Image alignment setup for specimens with intra- and inter-specimen variations using unsupervised learning and adaptive database generation methods Pending 08-Jun-2020 00000000
US-20210381825-A1 Metrology target for one-dimensional measurement of periodic misregistration Pending 04-Jun-2020 0000000000
US-20210375651-A1 Fleet matching of semiconductor metrology tools without dedicated quality control wafers Pending 28-May-2020 000000000000
US-20210372784-A1 Imaging system for buried metrology targets Pending 26-May-2020 G01B11/272
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KLA Executive Team (27)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Richard Wallace Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Ahmad Khan President
Bren Higgins Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Executive Vice President
Benjamin Tsai Ph.D Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Alliances
Virendra Kirloskar Chief Accounting Officer, Accounting & Senior Vice President
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KLA Board Members (13)

Name Representing Role Since
Edward Barnholt Self Chairman of the Board 000 0000
Emiko Higashi Self Board Member, Member of the Corporate Governance/ Nominating Committee & Chairman of the Audit Committee 000 0000
Gary Moore Self Board Member 000 0000
Jeneanne Hanley KLA Board Member 000 0000
Kevin Kennedy Ph.D Self Board Member 000 0000
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KLA Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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KLA Investments & Acquisitions (34)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000 000000000 17-Sep-2021 0000000000 00000 Electrical Equipment
000000 000000 01-Jul-2021 0000000000 000.00 Application Specific Semiconductors
00000 0000000 24-Apr-2020 0000000000 0000 Other Commercial Products
00000000 07-Mar-2020 0000 00000 00000 Other Devices and Supplies
Qoniac 23-Aug-2019 Merger/Acquisition Other Semiconductors
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KLA Subsidiaries (9)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Qoniac Other Semiconductors Dresden, Germany 2009
0000000000000 Electronic Equipment and Instruments Oak Ridge, TN 0000
000000 00000000000 Application Specific Semiconductors Santa Clara, CA 0000
00 0000000 00000 Corporate Venture Capital San Jose, CA 0000
0000000000 0000000 General Purpose Semiconductors Kongens Lyngby, Denmark 0000
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KLA Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
0000000000 22-Feb-2019 000000000000000000 Completed
  • 000
00000000 30-Nov-2017 00000 00000 00 0000 Completed
  • 8 buyers
00000000 23-Dec-2011 00000 00000 00 00.00 Completed
  • 11 buyers
MicroSense 01-Jan-2006 Merger/Acquisition Completed
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