Compare · KLAC vs STX
KLAC vs STX
Side-by-side comparison of KLA Corporation (KLAC) and Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both KLAC and STX operate in Electronic Components (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
- KLAC is the larger of the two at $239.54B, about 1.3x STX ($186.23B).
- KLAC has been more active in the news (34 items in the past 4 weeks vs 16 for STX).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- KLA Corporation
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $239.54B
- $186.23B
- 1M return
- -
- +0.60%
- 1Y return
- -
- +397.26%
- Industry
- Electronic Components
- Electronic Components
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1980
- 2002
- News (4w)
- 34
- 16
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
KLA Corporation
KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries worldwide. The company offers chip and wafer manufacturing products, including defect inspection and review systems, metrology solutions, in situ process monitoring products, computational lithography software, and data analytics systems for chip manufacturers to manage yield throughout the semiconductor fabrication process. It also provides reticle manufacturing products, such as reticle inspection, metrology, and data analytics systems for mask shops; and packaging manufacturing products comprising wafer inspection and metrology, die sorting and inspection, IC component inspection and metrology, data analytics, wafer processing systems, and IC substrate production processes. In addition, the company offers compound semiconductor, power device, light emitting diode, and microelectromechanical system manufacturing products; data storage media/head manufacturing products; general purpose/lab applications; and previous-generation KLA systems. Further, it provides wafer processing solutions; printed circuit boards, and display and inspection components; and other services. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
Seagate Technology Holdings plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company offers hard disk and solid state drives, including serial advanced technology attachment, serial attached SCSI, and non-volatile memory express products; solid state hybrid drives; and storage subsystems. It also provides enterprise data solutions portfolio comprising storage subsystems and mass capacity optimized private cloud storage solutions for enterprises, cloud service providers, and scale-out storage servers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In addition, the company offers external storage solutions under the Seagate Ultra Touch, One Touch, and Expansion product lines, as well as under the LaCie and Maxtor brands in capacities up to 16TB. It sells its products primarily to OEMs, distributors, and retailers. Seagate Technology Holdings plc was founded in 1978 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Latest KLAC
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Higgins Bren D. sold $6,610,905 worth of shares (31,500 units at $209.87) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 307,815 units (SEC Form 4)
- President, Semi. Prod. & Cust. Khan Ahmad A. sold $6,601,161 worth of shares (33,180 units at $198.95) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 238,045 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and CEO Wallace Richard P sold $17,421,654 worth of shares (87,568 units at $198.95) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 10% to 778,944 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, CLO and Secretary Wilkinson Mary Beth sold $339,774 worth of shares (1,661 units at $204.56) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 37,032 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP & Chief Accounting Officer Kirloskar Virendra A sold $108,212 worth of shares (529 units at $204.56) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 13,242 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, KLA Global Services Lorig Brian covered exercise/tax liability with 2,876 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 137,267 units (SEC Form 4) (for withholding tax)
- President, Semi. Prod. & Cust. Khan Ahmad A. covered exercise/tax liability with 4,532 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 271,225 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- EVP, CLO and Secretary Wilkinson Mary Beth covered exercise/tax liability with 1,208 shares and sold $4,313,151 worth of shares (21,831 units at $197.57) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 37% to 38,693 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- SVP & Chief Accounting Officer Kirloskar Virendra A covered exercise/tax liability with 521 shares and sold $475,156 worth of shares (2,405 units at $197.57) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 18% to 13,771 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Higgins Bren D. covered exercise/tax liability with 4,532 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 339,315 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
Latest STX
- EVP & Chief Commercial Officer Teh Ban Seng exercised 18,189 units of Ordinary Shares at a strike of $52.67 and sold $5,098,255 worth of Ordinary Shares (6,048 units at $842.97) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 414% to 15,072 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Commercial Officer Teh Ban Seng sold $8,411,972 worth of Ordinary Shares (9,862 units at $852.97) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 65% to 5,210 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CLO Lee James Ci converted options into 8,920 units of Ordinary Shares and sold $3,345,396 worth of Ordinary Shares (3,939 units at $849.35), increasing direct ownership by 1,437% to 5,328 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CTO Morris John Christopher exercised 7,578 units of Ordinary Shares at a strike of $10.93 and sold $3,422,894 worth of Ordinary Shares (4,038 units at $847.57) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, increasing direct ownership by 30% to 15,460 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CFO Romano Gianluca converted options into 16,907 units of Ordinary Shares and sold $7,708,957 worth of Ordinary Shares (9,076 units at $849.35), increasing direct ownership by 38% to 28,494 units (SEC Form 4)
- CEO Mosley William D converted options into 33,789 units of Ordinary Shares and sold $15,406,022 worth of Ordinary Shares (18,138 units at $849.35), increasing direct ownership by 5% to 311,168 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP Global Operations Chong Kian Fatt converted options into 6,846 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 272% to 9,364 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Commercial Officer Teh Ban Seng exercised 6,002 units of Ordinary Shares at a strike of $76.43 and sold $6,778,028 worth of Ordinary Shares (7,361 units at $920.80), decreasing direct ownership by 32% to 2,931 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CFO Romano Gianluca sold $11,431,333 worth of Ordinary Shares (14,091 units at $811.25) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 40% to 21,543 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CFO Romano Gianluca sold $5,659,053 worth of Ordinary Shares (7,240 units at $781.64) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 17% to 35,634 units (SEC Form 4)