KLAC

KLAC · KLA Corporation Common Stock

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October 16, 2026

KLAC noted for strong yearly gain and dividend quality. Recent articles have highlighted KLAC's 64.5% gain over the past year and its reputation as a dividend-quality stock. At the same time, broader chip‑equipment makers are experiencing losing streaks as AI spending concerns weigh on the sector. These factors together provide context for investors reviewing KLAC's performance and valuation.

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Insiders & Stakes

Richard P. Wallace
President and CEO
706,925
Shares held
Bren D. Higgins
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
307,815
Shares held
Ahmad A. Khan
President, Semi Proc. Control
238,045
Shares held
Brian Lorig
Executive Vice President
77,681
Shares held
Mary Beth Wilkinson
EVP, CLO and Secretary
37,032
Shares held
BARNHOLT EDWARD W
Director
25,431
Shares held
Donzella Oreste
Executive Vice President
16,967
Shares held
MOORE GARY B
Director
15,028
Shares held
Emiko Higashi
Director
14,766
Shares held
Virendra A. Kirloskar
SVP & Chief Accounting Officer
13,242
Shares held
RANGO ROBERT A.
Director
11,693
Shares held
Robert Calderoni
Director
3,701
Shares held
Jeneanne Michelle Hanley
Director
3,551
Shares held
Marie Myers
Director
3,530
Shares held
KENNEDY KEVIN
Director
3,215
Shares held
Victor Peng
Director
1,751
Shares held
PATEL KIRAN M
Director
1,262
Shares held
McMullen Michael R.
Director
1,179
Shares held
Jamie Samath
SVP of Finance
378
Shares held
Susan J.S. Taylor
Director
370
Shares held
Tracy A. Embree
Director
204
Shares held
Jason Conley
Vice President and Controller
204
Shares held

Transaction History

Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$12.4M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$12.4M
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$6.6M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$17.4M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$6.6M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$108K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$340K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$2.5M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$556K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$233K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$4.3M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$876K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$876K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$101K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$475K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▲ Buy$0
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$456K
Bren D. Higgins▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$4.2M
Bren D. Higgins▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$6.0M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$1.0M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$2.0M
Richard P. Wallace▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$4.2M
Ahmad A. Khan▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$6.0M
Brian Lorig▲ Buy$0
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$1.9M
Brian Lorig▲ Buy$0
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$2.4M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$16.9M
Richard P. Wallace▲ Buy$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$9.0M
Richard P. Wallace▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$2.7M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$881K
Ahmad A. Khan▲ Buy$0
Brian Lorig▲ Buy$0
Virendra A. Kirloskar▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$823K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$202K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$459K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$1.4M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$608K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$300K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$1.4M
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$4.1M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$1.4M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$4.3M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$675K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$2.0M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$3.6M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$16.4M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$3.6M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$600K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$326K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$1.3M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$133K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$1.3M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$2.4M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$549K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$245K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$823K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$68K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$823K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$7.4M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$52K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$4.1M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$21K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$21K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$3.4M
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$21K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$8.5M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$21K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$12.8M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$2.9M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$21K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$8.5M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$10.0M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$8.1M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$558K
Jeneanne Michelle Hanley▼ Sell$1.0M
Robert Calderoni▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$2.8M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$13.0M
McMullen Michael R.▲ Buy$0
Jamie Samath▲ Buy$0
Jeneanne Michelle Hanley▲ Buy$0
Jason Conley▲ Buy$0
Victor Peng▲ Buy$0
KENNEDY KEVIN▲ Buy$0
Susan J.S. Taylor▲ Buy$0
Robert Calderoni▲ Buy$0
Tracy A. Embree▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$4.1M
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$12.1M
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$2.0M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$9.9M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$7.4M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$0
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$309K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$933K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$681K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$985K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$2.1M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$2.0M
Ahmad A. Khan▲ Buy$0
Virendra A. Kirloskar▲ Buy$0
Brian Lorig▲ Buy$0
Richard P. Wallace▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▲ Buy$0
Mary Beth Wilkinson▲ Buy$0
Richard P. Wallace▲ Buy$0
Brian Lorig▲ Buy$0
Brian Lorig▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▲ Buy$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$8.0M
Richard P. Wallace▲ Buy$0
Virendra A. Kirloskar▲ Buy$0
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$295K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$2.0M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$291K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$690K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$2.3M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$314K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$251K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$872K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$2.1M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$1.8M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$302K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$109K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$763K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$754K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$469K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$8.8M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$226K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$684K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$287K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$688K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$655K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$1.8M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$327K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$68K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$161K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$640K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$640K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$1.7M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$291K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$49K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$264K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$1.2M
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$33K
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$120K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$396K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$396K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$35K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$3.6M
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$2.4M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$936K
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$21K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$21K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$21K
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$2.4M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$1.2M
Mary Beth Wilkinson▼ Sell$781K
Virendra A. Kirloskar▼ Sell$21K
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$21K
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$781K
Susan J.S. Taylor▲ Buy$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$7.4M
Jamie Samath▲ Buy$0
Bren D. Higgins▼ Sell$5.1M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$0
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$9.5M
Richard P. Wallace▼ Sell$0
Emiko Higashi▲ Buy$0
Jeneanne Michelle Hanley▲ Buy$0
KENNEDY KEVIN▲ Buy$0
Robert Calderoni▲ Buy$0
Victor Peng▲ Buy$0
RANGO ROBERT A.▲ Buy$0
MOORE GARY B▲ Buy$0
McMullen Michael R.▲ Buy$0
Ahmad A. Khan▼ Sell$7.9M
Brian Lorig▼ Sell$1.5M

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