I didn't realise KLAC is such a mega-company and leader in semicon manufacturing ... if you look at their chart, it is tradeable ... is semi-con industry on their half-life to recovery? NB: Compare the levels ~ $29 vs. $48.
Annotated some notes here.
Company Information
KLA-Tencor Corporation is the world leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries.
KLA-Tencor offers a broad array of products and services for in-line wafer defect monitoring, reticle and photomask defect inspection, electron beam metrology, wafer overlay, film and surface measurement, as well as overall yield and fab-wide data analysis.
Because yield improvement is key to increasing manufacturing productivity and profitability, KLA-Tencor's market continues to outperform the semiconductor capital equipment segment as a whole. KLA-Tencor technology is used by every major semiconductor manufacturer around the world.
Founded: Founded in 1997 through the merger of two twenty-year old companies: KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments.
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