On May 20, KLA Corporation rose 3.14% in regular trading, trading at $1,798.045 USD/share, with trading volume of $207 million. The stock rebounded following multiple consecutive sessions of decline earlier in the month.
On the news front, Bernstein raised its price target on KLA from $1,875 to $1,975 while maintaining an outperform rating. According to analyst consensus, KLA carries an average overweight rating with a mean price target of $1,894.96. The upgrade reflects continued confidence in KLA's positioning as a key enabler within the AI ecosystem, benefiting from surging demand for process control and advanced packaging solutions driven by AI infrastructure buildout.
The broader semiconductor equipment sector rallied in tandem, with Lam Research up 4.64%, Onto Innovation up 4.02%, ASML up 3.75%, and Applied Materials up 3.14%. The sector-wide strength follows Applied Materials' recent earnings report that signaled an accelerating AI-driven semiconductor investment supercycle, with the company projecting over 30% revenue growth in its equipment business and over 50% growth in advanced packaging revenue.
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