KLAC (KLAC)
KLAC trades deep in the expensive zone at $248.64, with all valuation and volatility metrics flashing red, earning an AVOID bucket.
- PE sits at 43.63 (100th percentile) and PB at 56.88 (100th percentile), both maximum expensive readings with a red validation flag.
- The current price is 882.4% above the engine-derived floor, placing it in the farthest buyzone bucket and confirming extreme overvaluation.
- Implied volatility is high (IV rank 99.2% over 1 year), adding further risk to any entry near current levels.
BUY-ZONE DECISION rule signal
KLAC is far above the floor (~882.4% above) — adding here means paying a premium vs. your own threshold. Wait or take partial position only with a strong directional view. valuation expensive (100th percentile)
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IMPLIED VOLATILITY
Earnings Reactions
| Date | Time | EPS | Surprise | Gap% | Day% | Week% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AMC | 0.94 | +2.5% | -7.06% | -3.63% | -2.92% |
| 2026-01-29 | AMC | 0.89 | +0.6% | -8.59% | -15.24% | -14.35% |
| 2025-10-29 | AMC | 0.88 | +2.2% | -0.09% | -1.69% | -2.34% |
| 2025-07-31 | AMC | 0.94 | +9.7% | -2.60% | +0.87% | +4.07% |
| 2025-04-30 | AMC | 0.84 | +4.0% | -1.92% | -3.75% | +0.09% |
| 2025-01-30 | AMC | 0.82 | +5.7% | +2.22% | -0.56% | +0.71% |
| 2024-10-30 | AMC | 0.73 | +4.0% | -2.05% | -3.70% | -0.82% |
| 2024-07-24 | AMC | 0.66 | +8.1% | +1.56% | +0.93% | +0.05% |
Is KLAC (KLAC) overvalued right now?
KLAC (KLAC) is currently trading at a trailing P/E of 43.6, sitting at the 100th percentile of its 5-year valuation history. A high percentile suggests the market is pricing the stock above its own historical norm — useful context before sizing a new position or selling premium against it.
KLAC (KLAC) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?
Selling cash-secured puts on KLAC (KLAC) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.
KLAC (KLAC) — which option strategy fits your view?
If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on KLAC (KLAC), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.
KLAC (KLAC) — is now a good entry?
Entry timing on KLAC (KLAC) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.
FAQ
Why does KLAC show different P/E numbers on different sites?
Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.
Does this page show KLAC's implied volatility?
Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.
How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's KLAC page?
Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.