KLAvs.Teradyne
KLAC vs TER · both in Semiconductor equipment & IP, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: The machines and chip IP advanced semiconductor manufacturing cannot do without.
KLA is about 4.3× larger than Teradyne by market cap; year to date, Teradyne leads (+88.5% vs +49.4%).
Side by side
| KLAC | TER | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $273B | $64.1B |
| Price | $183.34 | $366.43 |
| Today | +1.0% | +0.4% |
| Return YTD | +49.4% | +88.5% |
| Return 1Y | +108.6% | +216.5% |
| P/E | 56.6 | 55.7 |
| P/S | 20.1 | 14.3 |
| P/B | 43.0 | 18.6 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
KLAKLAC
Finding a defect a few nanometres across is its own industry, and KLA dominates it. Its inspection systems and yield software show a fab what is going wrong.
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Two businesses: automated chip test systems, and the Universal Robots cobot line.
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