KLA Corporation(KLAC)Company Profile & BusinessNASDAQ
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Business Overview
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; wafer inspection and metrology systems; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components.
In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia.
The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
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Insider Activity Summary
Insider trading activity for KLA Corporation (KLAC) between Jun 28, 2024 and Sep 15, 2026 consists of 96 total transactions. Among these, company executives and board members conducted 96 buys (totaling 1,742,075 shares) and 0 sells (totaling 0 shares). This activity resulted in a net change of 1,742,075 shares, reflecting net buying interest with an estimated net acquisitions value of $11.30M.
96 insider transactions found. Showing 10 of 96 transactions.
| Insider Name | Relation to Company | Shares Changed | Price | Transaction Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLACE RICHARD P | Chief Executive Officer | 72,019 | $12.38 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| LORIG BRIAN W. | Officer | 59,586 | $12.40 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| HIGGINS BREN D. | Chief Financial Officer | 31,500 | $6.61 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| KHAN AHMAD A | Officer | 33,180 | $6.60 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| WALLACE RICHARD P | Chief Executive Officer | 87,568 | $17.42 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| WILKINSON MARY BETH | Officer | 1,661 | $0.34 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| KIRLOSKAR VIRENDRA A | Officer | 529 | $0.11 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| WILKINSON MARY BETH | Officer | 21,831 | $4.31 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| KIRLOSKAR VIRENDRA A | Officer | 2,405 | $0.48 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| WALLACE RICHARD P | Chief Executive Officer | 487,437 | N/A | Aug 6, 2026 |
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