KLAC Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own KLAC shares is 2138, representing 94.01% of the company's common stock.

UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KLAC by -10.05% restricting it's holding to 694.4 thousand shares of worth nearly $485.09M. DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ also lessened -16.53% of the KLAC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 422.75 thousand shares of worth $295.32M. SWISS NATIONAL BANK also shunned KLAC shares holding by -4.5% last quarter which brought its holding to 407.1 thousand shares worth $284.39M.

As per its latest 13F filing, DAKOTA WEALTH MANAGEMENT increased its stake in KLAC by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 898.12 thousand shares having worth more than $627.40M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also added 2.26% more shares of KLAC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 793.54 thousand shares of worth $554.34M. SWEDBANK AB also increased its KLAC shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 543.51 thousand shares worth $379.68M.

The insider with the most stakes in KLAC is WALLACE RICHARD P , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, KLAC stock is highly held by EVP & Chief Financial Officer Higgins Bren D. and President, Semi Proc. Control Khan Ahmad A. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.11% percent of KLA Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 10 transaction(s) in which KLAC insiders have sold stock, totaling 52.7K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WALLACE RICHARD P, KHAN AHMAD A., and HIGGINS BREN D..

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which KLA Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 331.17K KLA Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.11% of KLAC stock.

KLAC President and CEO, WALLACE RICHARD P holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KLAC shares owned by WALLACE total nearly 90.35 thousand.

DAKOTA WEALTH MANAGEMENT is the largest institutional owner in KLAC which holds 898.12 thousand shares worth $627.40M or 0.67% of the total KLAC shares outstanding followed by CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC with ownership of 793.54 thousand shares representing 0.59% of the KLAC ownership. ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 742.89 thousand shares or 0.55% of the ownership worth more than $518.96M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the KLAC is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of KLAC shares short is 3.24M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 133.76M shares of KLAC are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, KLAC has 133.44M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for KLAC is 3.01.