$170,000 of KLA CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q4 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Trade policy regarding China, including tariffs and export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment for advanced models. Research and development funding and tax benefits in support of the semiconductor industry."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
KLAC Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $KLAC stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $KLAC stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 07/28 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 09/23.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
KLAC Insider Trading Activity
KLAC insiders have traded $KLAC stock on the open market 12 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 12 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $KLAC stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- RICHARD P WALLACE (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 21,604 shares for an estimated $22,865,746.
- BRIAN LORIG (EVP, KLA Global Services) sold 8,049 shares for an estimated $7,354,210
- BREN D. HIGGINS (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 4,555 shares for an estimated $4,809,718.
- AHMAD A. KHAN (President, Semi. Prod. & Cust.) sold 4,564 shares for an estimated $4,107,600
- MARY BETH WILKINSON (EVP, CLO and Secretary) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 3,705 shares for an estimated $3,377,946.
- VIRENDRA A KIRLOSKAR (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 1,169 shares for an estimated $1,064,141.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
KLAC Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 819 institutional investors add shares of KLAC stock to their portfolio, and 734 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- FMR LLC added 1,360,171 shares (+118.0%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $1,467,080,440
- PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ removed 945,095 shares (-21.1%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $1,019,379,466
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 811,667 shares (+70.3%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $875,464,026
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 409,221 shares (+224.1%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $441,385,770
- STOCKBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC added 310,675 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $335,094,055
- AMUNDI removed 298,995 shares (-25.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $322,496,007
- SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP removed 288,801 shares (-45.3%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $311,500,758
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
KLAC Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $KLAC in the last several months. We have seen 9 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/15/2026
- Bernstein issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/14/2026
- TD Cowen issued a "Buy" rating on 01/13/2026
- Cantor Fitzgerald issued a "Overweight" rating on 12/16/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 10/31/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/30/2025
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/30/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for KLAC, check out Quiver Quantitative's $KLAC forecast page.
KLAC Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $KLAC recently. We have seen 17 analysts offer price targets for $KLAC in the last 6 months, with a median target of $1485.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Srini Pajjuri from RBC Capital set a target price of $1550.0 on 01/15/2026
- Joseph Quatrochi from Wells Fargo set a target price of $1600.0 on 01/15/2026
- Brian Chin from Stifel set a target price of $1600.0 on 01/14/2026
- Stacy Rasgon from Bernstein set a target price of $1700.0 on 01/14/2026
- Krish Sankar from TD Cowen set a target price of $1800.0 on 01/13/2026
- Vivek Arya from B of A Securities set a target price of $1650.0 on 01/13/2026
- C.J. Muse from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $1750.0 on 01/08/2026
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