KLA Corporation (KLAC) Total Return:151.72%(TTM)
The total return cagr for KLA Corporation (KLAC) is +151.72% over the latest trailing 12-month period. The comparable SPY value is +22.12%. Year-to-date total return is +76.66%. Total return includes price appreciation and reinvested dividends.
Growth of $10,000 in KLAC
$3,347,002
(334.7x return)
Invested on Jun 10, 1996
Growth of $10,000 in SPY (S&P 500)
$181,640
(18.2x return)
Invested on Jun 10, 1996
Hypothetical Growth of $10,000
This chart illustrates the cumulative performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment. It assumes that all dividends paid by both the stock and SPY are reinvested in additional shares on the payment date, showing the true long-term compounding impact of distributions.
Recent Performance Indicators
YTD Total Return
+76.7%
1-Year Total Return
+151.6%
Current Dividend Yield
0.37%
Price CAGR vs. Total Return CAGR
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is shown below. The difference between price CAGR and total return CAGR is the compound contribution of dividends reinvested.
| Holding Period | Price CAGR | Total Return CAGR | Dividend Addition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | +150.1% | +151.7% | +1.6% |
| 3 Years | +66.2% | +67.6% | +1.4% |
| 5 Years | +46.3% | +47.8% | +1.5% |
| 10 Years | +40.3% | +42.6% | +2.3% |
| 15 Years | +30.4% | +35.1% | +4.8% |
| 20 Years | +21.9% | +25.9% | +3.9% |
About KLA Corporation
KLA Corporation specializes in creating, manufacturing, and distributing advanced solutions vital for process control, process optimization, and yield enhancement throughout the global semiconductor and broader electronics industries. The company organizes its business into four main segments: Semiconductor Process Control, Specialty Semiconductor Process, PCB, Display and Component Inspection, and an 'Other' category. For integrated circuit (IC) fabrication, KLA offers a comprehensive range of products. These include systems for wafer inspection, review, and metrology; defect inspection and metrology for both wafers/substrates and reticles; chemical and materials quality analysis tools; and real-time process management and wafer handling diagnostics essential for IC and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) production. Furthermore, the company develops software for live process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification. KLA also supplies refurbished and remanufactured equipment. Beyond IC manufacturing, KLA supports specialty semiconductor production. This includes benchtop metrology, surface characterization, and electrical property measurement services suitable for general-purpose and laboratory use. They also provide technologies and solutions for etching, plasma dicing, deposition, and various other wafer processing tasks within the semiconductor and microelectronics sectors. Within the printed circuit board (PCB) market, KLA delivers solutions such as direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering. For the display industry, their offerings encompass inspection and electrical testing systems to pinpoint and categorize defects, as well as equipment for defect repair. KLA also supplies inspection and metrology systems designed to improve quality control and yield in both advanced and conventional semiconductor packaging markets. Established in 1975, the company was initially known as KLA-Tencor Corporation before rebranding as KLA Corporation in July 2019. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Milpitas, California.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- CEO
- Richard Wallace