KLA (KLAC) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of KLA (NASDAQ: KLAC) in the last few weeks:

• 6/29/2026 – KLA was given a new $325.00 price target by Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 6/23/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Bank of America Corporation from $210.00 to $317.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/22/2026 – KLA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Wells Fargo & Company. They now have a $305.00 price target on the stock, up from $210.00.
• 6/17/2026 – KLA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup Inc..
• 6/11/2026 – KLA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays PLC. They now have a $2,250.00 price target on the stock, up from $1,700.00.
• 6/10/2026 – KLA was given a new $2,500.00 price target by Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 6/10/2026 – KLA was given a new $200.00 price target by Scotiabank.
• 6/10/2026 – KLA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $250.00 price target on the stock, up from $200.00.
• 6/9/2026 – KLA had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group AG. They now have a $218.00 price target on the stock, up from $177.00.
• 5/20/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Sanford C. Bernstein from $187.50 to $197.50. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Rothschild & Co Redburn from $140.00 to $186.50. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Citic Securities from $135.00 to $197.00.
• 5/4/2026 – KLA was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 5/1/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $180.00 to $206.40. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Argus from $175.00 to $195.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. They now have a $175.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $160.00 to $170.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Sanford C. Bernstein from $183.50 to $187.50. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $180.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $160.00 to $170.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $190.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $170.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $150.50 to $155.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $170.00 to $191.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by BNP Paribas Exane from $155.00 to $170.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Berenberg Bank from $177.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $195.00 to $200.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $190.00 to $210.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – KLA had its price target raised by Needham & Company LLC from $180.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

KLA Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, May 18th were issued a $0.23 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 18th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. KLA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.06%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Richard P. Wallace sold 45,120 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.34, for a total value of $9,986,725.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 713,830 shares in the company, valued at approximately $157,996,990.71. This represents a 5.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 91.48% of the company’s stock.

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.