KLAC - KLA Corporation
KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through four segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; PCB, Display and Component Inspection; and Other. The company offers integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing products that comprises wafer inspection and review, and metrology; wafer and substrate defect inspection and metrology; reticle defect inspection and metrology; chemical/materials quality analysis; in situ process management and wafer handling diagnostics for IC and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) manufacturing; software products to provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification; and refurbished and remanufactured products.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $1818.62, ATM IV 53.6%, max pain $1780.00, net GEX -$23.9M.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Market Cap
- $241.62B
- P/E Ratio
- 51.84
- Beta
- 1.50
- 52-Week Range
- 740.44-1939.36
- Dividend Yield
- $9.20
- CEO
- Richard Wallace
- Employees
- 15,000
- IPO Date
- Oct 8, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What KLAC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 56.7% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$23.9M) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (-0.000) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The KLAC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked KLAC overview questions
- What is KLAC?
- KLAC is the ticker symbol for KLA Corporation, a listed security. KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through four segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; PCB, Display and Component Inspection; and Other. Listed on NASDAQ. KLAC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the KLAC options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the KLAC options snapshot shows spot at $1818.62, ATM IV 53.6%, IV rank 56.7%, max pain $1780.00, net GEX -$23.9M, expected move 15.37%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are KLAC's key statistics?
- KLA Corporation (KLAC) carries a market capitalization of $241.62B, trailing P/E ratio of 51.84, beta of 1.50 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 740.44-1939.36. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does KLAC belong to?
- KLA Corporation operates in the Technology sector, in the Semiconductors industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare KLAC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the KLAC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).