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KLA Corp hikes dividend by 21.1%

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 21.1% to $2.30 quarterly in 2026. This marks 17 straight years of dividend growth by the Dividend Hero. The yield for KLAC is 0.5% at $1,888. KLA Corp will also do a 10:1 stock split early June.

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 11.8%

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 17.2% to $1.70 quarterly

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On November 7, 2024, semiconductor company KLA Corporation (KLAC)  announced a 17.2% dividend hike to $1.70 quarterly per share. This marks the 15th consecutive year of increases by KLAC.

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 23.8%

Semiconductor company KLA Corporation (KLAC) today announced a 23.8% dividend increase to $1.30 quarterly per share. This marks the 13th consecutive annual dividend increase for KLA. Since inception in 2006, KLA has grown the quarterly dividend level at an approximately 15% compounded annual growth rate. In 2021 KLAC announced a 16.7 percent dividend increase to $1.05 per share in 2021. The dividend yield jumps from 1.3% to 1.6% for KLAC based on yesterday's closing stock price of $323.79. KLAC also announced a $6 billion share repurchase program, including approximately $3 billion Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) to be completed over the next 3-6 months, with the remaining amount to be repurchased over the next 12-18 months, subject to market conditions. "We are excited to host KLA Corporation's 2022 Investor Day to provide the investment community with a deeper understanding of our company, our financial performance, and the opportunities that lie before us as we execu...

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 16.7%

KLA Corporation (KLAC), formerly KLA-Tencor, will raise its quarterly dividend by 16.7 percent to $1.05 per share in 2021. This follows a 5.9 percent to 90 cents per share last announced in August 2020. The semiconductor company has now raised its dividend 12 consecutive years. The next dividend is payable on September 1, 2021 to KLA shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 16, 2021. A new annualized dividend rate of $4.20 per share yields 1.2% at a stock price of $353. KLA Corporation currently pays approximately $644 million in dividends annually to shareholders. KLA Corporation, formerly KLA-Tencor Corporation, is a supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries. The company's products are also used in a number of other high technology industries, including the packaging, light emitting diode (“LED”), power device, compound semiconductor, and data storage industries, as well as general m...

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 5.9%

KLA Corporation (KLAC), formerly KLA-Tencor, will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.9 percent to 90 cents per share in 2020. This comes after a 13.3 percent hike to $0.85 per share in 2019. The semiconductor company has now raised its dividend 11 consecutive years. The next dividend is payable on September 1, 2020 to KLA shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 17, 2020. A new annualized dividend rate of $3.60 per share yields 1.8% at a stock price of $200. KLA Corporation currently pays approximately $564 million in dividends annually to shareholders. At a stock price of $200 the stock price is up 12.8 percent year-to-date. The company had raised its dividend by double digits in each of the previous two calendar years wiht a 13.3 percent hike announced in 2019 and a 27.1 percent boost in 2018. The biggest dividend hike was announced by in 2010 (+66.7 percent) by the company known as KLA-Tencor at the time. KLA Corporation, formerly KLA-Tencor Corporation, is ...

KLA Corp hikes dividend by 13.3%

KLA Corporation (KLAC), formerly KLA-Tencor, will raise its quarterly dividend by 13.3 percent to $0.85 per share in 2019. This follows last year's dividend hike from 59 cents to 75 cents per share quarterly. A new annualized dividend rate of $3.40 per share yields 2.3% at a stock price of $151. KLA Corp has now increased its dividend for ten consecutive years.  The next dividend is payable on Dec. 3, 2019 to KLA shareholders of record as of the close of business on Nov. 18, 2019. "We are excited to host KLA Corporation's investor day to provide the investment community with a deeper understanding of our company and the opportunities that lie before us as we execute our strategic objectives," said Rick Wallace, president and CEO. "With the recent acquisition of Orbotech, we have have extended our reach in the global electronics value chain, and we continue to execute our profitable growth strategy, with the KLA operating model as the framework to drive perfor...

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