AMOM1.790%
as of Jul 17
KLAC
GrowthKLA CORP
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection.
Close · 3M
-85.47%
Held by 4 AI ETFs
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
Buy signals13
Win rate0% (0/13)
Avg buy return-18.82%
AMOM · Accumulation · 5d
KLA Corp's substantial 89.07% return on equity and 13.39% revenue growth contribute to the fundamental momentum signals that Qraft Technologies' AMOM composite evaluates. This blend of metrics, alongside a PER of 59.5, indicates the fund integrates diverse data points, rather than focusing solely on a single valuation or growth measure, when identifying stocks expected to extend their runs. The gradual accumulation in AMOM, evidenced by its weight rising from 1.7900% to 1.8500% between July 7th and July 16th, coincides with KLAC trading near its 52-week low of $210.81, specifically at $212.75. Despite the stock's significant 90-day return of -85.4% and 1-year return of -76.7%, AMOM's concentrated momentum sleeve is making a conviction-driven move, accumulating shares in KLAC, which currently sits at 9% of its 52-week high. This sustained accumulation suggests the AI's multi-signal momentum composite, incorporating price trends, earnings revisions, and alternative-data signals, is detecting catalysts for KLAC to begin or extend a positive run from this deeply depreciated price level, rather than selecting based on prior top performance.
weight 1.790% → 1.850% (+0.060 pp)·stock down 14.4% in the 30 days before
Jul 16·entry $219.37·now $207.60Fresh
-5.37%
since Jul 16
AMOM · Weight increase · 3d
KLA Corporation's stock is currently priced at $231.52, resting near the bottom of its $210.81 to $2411.64 52-week range after experiencing significant drops of -88.0% over 30 days and -74.0% over the past year. Despite this severe price depreciation, Qraft Technologies’ AMOM, a multi-signal momentum composite, has been observed increasing its weight in KLAC consecutively from July 8th to July 10th. This shift indicates the algorithm, which is designed to identify names expected to extend their runs rather than mechanically holding top performers, likely detected nascent positive signals within the Information Technology company. Such a move by the concentrated momentum sleeve suggests the fund’s model is prioritizing KLAC's 89.07% return on equity and 13.39% revenue growth, among other fundamental and alternative-data signals, as indicators of a potential trend reversal or stabilization, overriding the recent extreme price trends. The subtle yet consistent increase in allocation underscores the conviction behind this rebalancing decision for a stock trading at 10% of its 52-week high.
weight 1.790% → 1.850% (+0.060 pp)·stock down 89.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 10·entry $231.52·now $207.60Fresh
-10.33%
since Jul 10
AMOM · Weight increase · 2d
The weight of KLAC in AMOM exhibits a small, consecutive increase, moving from 1.79% to 1.83% over two trading days. This measured re-engagement by the Qraft-managed fund follows a severe price decline where KLAC's current price of $231.52 sits at roughly 10% of its 52-week high, with a 30-day return of -88.0%. Despite the dramatic negative price momentum, the ETF's multi-signal composite may be detecting early positive fundamental shifts, such as KLAC's 89.07% return on equity and 13.39% revenue growth, which provide a counterweight to the market's recent sentiment. This pattern suggests AMOM's AI is cautiously identifying a potential inflection point or stabilization, rather than a strong upward run, aligning with its strategy to pick names expected to extend their movement from current levels. The concentrated momentum sleeve means this calibrated increase reflects an emerging conviction based on more than just recent price trends.
weight 1.790% → 1.830% (+0.040 pp)·stock up 8.9% in the 30 days before
Jul 9·entry $229.52·now $207.60Fresh
-9.55%
since Jul 9
AMOM · Weight decrease · 4d
KLAC’s Price-to-Earnings ratio of 64.97 and Price-to-Book ratio of 25.24, alongside 13.39% revenue growth and an 89.07% Return on Equity, initially aligned with AMOM’s multi-signal approach that values fundamental momentum for its concentrated momentum sleeve. Such figures typically suggest a stock that has had a significant "run," but Qraft Technologies' method focuses on extending these runs, which requires ongoing positive price trends. The detected pattern of consecutive weight decreases in AMOM for KLAC, starting on July 1st, directly correlates with the stock's severe price deterioration, evidenced by its current price of $216.47, which represents a -88.5% 30-day return and places it at merely 9% of its 52-week high. Given AMOM's design to pick names expected to extend their runs rather than mechanically holding, the sustained negative price momentum, indicated by the drastic returns and position near the 52-week low, signals a clear loss of conviction in KLAC’s ability to sustain or extend any prior positive momentum, prompting the reduced allocation.
weight 2.570% → 1.790% (-0.780 pp)·stock up 1.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 7·entry $216.47·now $207.60
-4.10%
since Jul 7
AMOM · Weight decrease · 3d
KLA Corporation's price currently stands at $233.31, hovering near 10% of its 52-week high of $2411.64, after experiencing declines of 87.3% over 30 days and 72.8% over the past year. This severe and prolonged downturn, clearly evidenced by the dramatic price trends, directly conflicts with AMOM's mandate to select companies expected to extend their runs. Given that Qraft's multi-signal momentum composite relies on indicators like price trends to identify sustained upward movement, the recent precipitous fall would trigger a strong negative signal across its price trends and alternative-data signals, prompting a conviction-based reduction in allocation. Consequently, AMOM initiated a consecutive weight decrease from 2.57% on June 30th to 1.86% by July 6th, prioritizing the adverse price momentum over underlying figures such as the 89.07% ROE or 13.39% revenue growth, which alone do not indicate an extending upward run in the current environment.
weight 2.570% → 1.860% (-0.710 pp)·stock down 89.0% in the 30 days before
Jul 6·entry $233.31·now $207.60
-11.02%
since Jul 6
AMOM · Weight decrease · 2d
KLA Corp's PER of 64.97, PBR of 25.24, and 89.07% ROE suggest a company that previously exhibited strong fundamental momentum, which would have initially aligned with Qraft Technologies' AMOM ETF's strategy of selecting companies poised to extend their runs for its concentrated momentum sleeve. However, KLA Corp's severe price deterioration, evidenced by a -87.1% 30-day return and trading at $235.55, merely 10% of its 52-week high, directly contradicts the fund's multi-signal momentum composite, particularly its reliance on positive price trends. The consecutive weight decrease from 2.57% on June 30th to 1.92% by July 2nd reflects the AI manager's prompt reaction to the stock's failure to maintain its momentum, a critical input for AMOM's weekly rebalancing process.
weight 2.570% → 1.920% (-0.650 pp)·stock down 88.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $235.55·now $207.60
-11.87%
since Jul 2
AMOM · Weight increase · 2d
Qraft's AMOM, designed to select from approximately 50 US large caps and rebalance weekly, notably increased its allocation to KLA Corp, indicating a strong algorithmic signal for future performance. This sequential weighting adjustment, culminating in a 2.57% position by June 30th, suggests the multi-signal momentum composite identified KLAC as poised to initiate a significant positive run, despite its recent steep price depreciation. The fund's AI likely weighed KLAC's current trading price, which stands at merely 13% of its 52-week high, against its considerable 89.07% Return on Equity. Such a move suggests the AI's internal models, which include fundamental momentum and alternative-data signals, are predicting a significant reversal or the start of a new uptrend for the semiconductor equipment company from this suppressed valuation.
weight 2.230% → 2.570% (+0.340 pp)·stock down 84.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 30·entry $301.71·now $207.60Fresh
-31.19%
since Jun 30
-13.67%
since Jun 24
AMOM · Weight increase · 2d
stock down 85.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 22·entry $269.16·now $207.60Fresh
-22.87%
since Jun 22
QRFT · Weight decrease · 4d
The weight reduction for KLA Corporation in QRFT unfolded as a series of stepped decreases, consistently shedding exposure from 0.7500% to 0.6100% between July 1st and July 7th, reflecting a gradual, sustained de-allocation over consecutive weekly rebalancing periods. Such a persistent downtrend in allocation makes sense for Qraft AI’s method, which incorporates traditional factors like momentum and low-volatility, given KLAC’s current trading price of $216.47, plummeting to 9% of its 52-week high with a 30-day return of -88.5%. This systematic reduction likely stems from the proprietary alternative-data overlays detecting amplified risk or negative sentiment, complementing the re-evaluation of KLAC’s previously high PER of 64.97 and PBR of 25.24, even with a 89.07% return on equity. As a broad large-cap core fund that rebalances weekly, QRFT’s AI is demonstrably managing risk by gradually lessening its position in an Information Technology stock exhibiting such extreme recent price depreciation and high historical valuation multiples.
weight 0.850% → 0.610% (-0.240 pp)·stock up 1.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 7·entry $216.47·now $207.60
-4.10%
since Jul 7
QRFT · Weight decrease · 3d
Qraft Technologies’ AI-driven system, which blends traditional investment factors with proprietary alternative-data overlays, promptly responded to significant changes in KLA Corp. This sophisticated selection method, overseeing QRFT's ~300 US large-cap holdings with a weekly rebalance cadence, initiated the consecutive weight decrease detected in KLAC. A dramatic shift in the stock's market performance, notably its -87.3% 30-day return, likely triggered the AI's algorithms. Therefore, the fund's broad large-cap core style adjusted its exposure to KLAC to account for such a sharp downturn, leveraging its precise rebalancing capabilities.
weight 0.850% → 0.660% (-0.190 pp)·stock down 89.0% in the 30 days before
Jul 6·entry $233.31·now $207.60
-11.02%
since Jul 6
QRFT · Weight decrease · 2d
The fund’s exposure to KLA CORP exhibits a recent, two-day consecutive decline, moving from 0.7500% to 0.6700% after fluctuating in prior weeks. This gradual reduction, rebalancing weekly as QRFT does, aligns with KLAC’s dramatic price depreciation, which has seen its share price fall to 10% of its 52-week high, accompanied by significant negative 30-day, 90-day, and 1-year returns. Qraft's AI, utilizing traditional factors such as momentum and likely incorporating proprietary alternative-data overlays, is evidently interpreting this prolonged decline as a signal to decrease allocation within its broad large-cap core portfolio. Given KLAC’s elevated PER of 64.97 and PBR of 25.24, coupled with the severe price contraction, the system is likely prioritizing risk mitigation and negative momentum over the stock’s 89.07% ROE, even within the Information Technology sector.
weight 0.850% → 0.670% (-0.180 pp)·stock down 88.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $235.55·now $207.60
-11.87%
since Jul 2
QRFT · Weight increase · 2d
stock down 84.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 30·entry $301.71·now $207.60Fresh
-31.19%
since Jun 30
-13.67%
since Jun 24
-22.87%
since Jun 22
-20.02%
since Jun 18
PQUS · Weight decrease · 2d
KLAC currently trades at $212.75, near its 52-week low of $210.81, representing just 9% of its $2411.64 52-week high after a severe 85.4% decline over 90 days. This pronounced price action presents a challenge for Pictet's AI ranking system, which manages PQUS with measured turnover. Despite KLAC's 13.39% revenue growth and 89.07% ROE, the AI likely made a nuanced adjustment within its large-cap framework, given the stock's high PER of 59.5 and PBR of 25.24 at this volatile period. The consecutive slight weight decreases from 0.50% to 0.49% on July 18th and 19th, following an increase to 0.51% just days prior, indicate the AI system's ongoing recalibration of KLAC's position, balancing conviction with the need to adhere to concentration and sector-balance rules amidst the stock's significant decline near its 52-week floor.
weight 0.510% → 0.490% (-0.020 pp)·stock down 10.4% in the 30 days before
Jul 19·entry $207.60·now $207.60
0.00%
since Jul 19
PQUS · Weight increase · 2d
The observed pattern for KLAC in PQUS shows a sustained weight around 0.3700% from July 11-16, preceding a distinct upward shift to 0.5100% on July 17. This specific adjustment by the Pictet Asset Management-managed ETF is notable given KLA Corporation's current price of $219.37, which sits at just 9% of its 52-week high after severe depreciation over the past year. The AI ranking system, central to PQUS's US large-cap strategy, appears to have identified an opportune moment following this precipitous decline. It likely weighed KLA Corporation's 13.39% revenue growth and 89.07% return on equity as appealing at this significantly reduced valuation, leading to a measured increase within the ETF's periodic rebalancing framework.
weight 0.360% → 0.510% (+0.150 pp)·stock down 10.4% in the 30 days before
Jul 17·entry $212.75·now $207.60Fresh
-2.42%
since Jul 17
PQUS · Weight decrease · 2d
KLAC is currently priced at $221.18, sitting at approximately 9% of its 52-week high and reflecting an 89.0% decline over the last 30 days. This severe price deterioration across the past year, with a 75.2% drop, likely triggered a significant re-evaluation within Pictet's AI ranking system governing PQUS. While KLA Corporation reports a substantial 89.07% return on equity and 13.39% revenue growth, the AI's model likely prioritized the market's re-pricing relative to the company's high PER of 64.97 and PBR of 25.24. Operating with a periodic rebalance schedule, PQUS initially reduced its KLAC weight from 0.5000% to 0.3900% and then continued to incrementally decrease it, reaching 0.3600% as the negative momentum persisted.
weight 0.390% → 0.360% (-0.030 pp)·stock up 8.9% in the 30 days before
Jul 9·entry $229.52·now $207.60
-9.55%
since Jul 9
PQUS · Weight increase · 2d
KLAC’s 89.07% ROE and 13.39% revenue growth, despite a P/E of 64.97 and P/B of 25.24, likely aligned with the quantitative signals sought by Pictet Asset Management's AI ranking system for the PQUS ETF, which targets US large-cap companies. The fund’s AI model initiated a series of weight increases in KLAC starting July 1st, 2026, bringing its allocation from 0.42% to 0.50% over two days. This increased allocation occurred while KLAC traded at $266.19, a valuation representing approximately 11% of its 52-week high and following a significant -84.7% 30-day return. The specific timing indicates PQUS’s AI system identified a buying opportunity in KLAC, leveraging its strong fundamental profitability and growth at a deeply discounted price relative to recent highs.
weight 0.420% → 0.500% (+0.080 pp)·stock down 88.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $235.55·now $207.60Fresh
-11.87%
since Jul 2
-16.51%
since Jun 26
PQUS · Weight increase · 2d
stock down 85.1% in the 30 days before
Jun 20·entry $269.16·now $207.60Fresh
-22.87%
since Jun 20
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
KLAC’s drastic depreciation, currently trading near $235.55 – a mere 10% of its 52-week high and reflecting an 87.1% 30-day decline – establishes a critical backdrop for AIEQ’s portfolio adjustment. IBM Watson NLP, core to AIEQ's management, would have ingested a surge of negative news, analyst downgrades, and social media commentary accompanying such a severe market correction, signaling rapidly deteriorating sentiment. Despite KLAC’s prior high ROE of 89.07% and 13.39% revenue growth, the collapse in share price likely prompted the sentiment-and-fundamentals hybrid strategy to significantly de-risk from a stock with a 64.97 PER that suffered such a sudden impairment. Consequently, AIEQ, known for its daily rebalancing and high turnover, swiftly reduced its KLAC exposure from 0.7100% to 0.0500% by July 1st, 2026, continuing to decrease it to 0.0400% as new data reinforced the bearish outlook.
weight 0.710% → 0.040% (-0.670 pp)·stock down 88.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 3·entry $233.31·now $207.60
-11.02%
since Jul 3
AIEQ · Sudden change · 1d
KLAC's PER of 64.97 and PBR of 25.24, alongside its 89.07% ROE and 13.39% revenue growth, initially suggest strong underlying fundamentals that a broad market, fundamentals-oriented strategy like AIEQ might typically consider. Nevertheless, AIEQ's sudden reduction of its KLAC weight from 0.7100% to 0.0500% on July 1st, 2026, correlates with the stock trading at $266.19. This price represents merely 11% of KLAC's 52-week high, occurring after steep declines of 84.7% over 30 days and 82.1% over 90 days, strongly implying a significant shift in the market narrative or company-specific news detected by IBM Watson NLP for AIEQ's sentiment overlay. As a fund rebalancing daily with among the highest turnover, AIEQ swiftly adjusted its exposure, indicating that the negative sentiment derived from news, filings, or social posts on KLAC outweighed its historical financial metrics at this greatly depressed valuation.
weight 0.710% → 0.050% (-0.660 pp)·stock down 86.3% in the 30 days before
Jul 1·entry $266.19·now $207.60
-22.01%
since Jul 1
-19.78%
since Jun 25
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
stock down 85.1% in the 30 days before
Jun 21·entry $269.16·now $207.60Fresh
-22.87%
since Jun 21
LQAI · Exit · 1d
The LG-Qraft collaboration's LQAI fund, employing a Qraft AI ranking engine for its US large-cap core universe, rebalances its portfolio of approximately 100 US large-cap names on a weekly basis. The AI's selection process likely identified KLA Corp as failing its ranking criteria due to its precipitous market performance. KLA Corp's 30-day return of -88.5%, placing it at just 9% of its 52-week high, strongly indicates a fundamental shift or severe market re-evaluation that would cause its ranking to plummet. This significant underperformance triggered the AI engine to completely divest KLAC from the fund by the July 7th rebalance, aligning with LQAI's core large-cap style and AI-driven name selection method.
weight 0.100% → 0 (exited)·stock up 1.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 7·entry $216.47·now $207.60
-4.10%
since Jul 7
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
KLAC currently trades at $235.55, near the bottom of its 52-week range and approximately 10% of its high, following 30-day and 90-day returns of -87.1% and -84.4% respectively. Such a severe and sustained decline in a US large-cap stock likely prompted a significant re-evaluation by Qraft's AI ranking engine, which drives LQAI's weekly rebalances. Despite KLAC reporting a revenue growth of 13.39% and ROE of 89.07%, the AI system initiated consecutive weight decreases on July 1st and 2nd, reducing its allocation from 0.1300% to 0.1000%. This specific move demonstrates the Qraft AI's dynamic response to the stock's pronounced negative momentum, prioritizing current market conditions and updated risk assessments over the stock's prior valuation and growth metrics in its core large-cap selection process.
weight 0.130% → 0.100% (-0.030 pp)·stock down 88.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $235.55·now $207.60
-11.87%
since Jul 2
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
KLAC's PBR of 25.24 and PER of 66.51, alongside a 13.39% revenue growth and 89.07% ROE, signal a company with strong profitability and growth characteristics. These financial attributes fit within LQAI's core large-cap selection framework, where the Qraft AI engine ranks companies from a broad universe, not strictly adhering to narrow factor tilts. The pattern of consecutive weight increases, specifically from 0.11% to 0.13% between June 25 and June 30, aligns with KLAC trading at $301.71, a level representing only 13% of its 52-week high and a -82.8% return over 30 days. This allocation shift during LQAI's weekly rebalancing indicates the AI model likely identified KLAC's fundamental strength as attractive following its pronounced price decline, leading to an increased conviction in the stock.
weight 0.110% → 0.130% (+0.020 pp)·stock down 84.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 30·entry $301.71·now $207.60Fresh
-31.19%
since Jun 30
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
Too hard to callas of Jun 14
AI ETFs are showing a consistent pattern of accumulation and increasing weight in KLA Corp across multiple funds. This activity suggests a favorable outlook from the AI systems, likely driven by growth prospects in the technology sector. However, this contrasts sharply with the framework's 'Too Hard' verdict, which suggests avoiding the company due to the inherent unpredictability of its industry's unit economics over the long term.
- Circle of CompetenceThe semiconductor equipment industry is highly cyclical and technologically dynamic, making long-term cash flow predictability beyond a few years genuinely challenging.
- Economic MoatA detailed assessment of an economic moat requires a foundational understanding of the business's predictability, which is not established within this framework.
- ManagementWithout a firm grasp on the business's long-term predictability, it is difficult to effectively evaluate management's capital allocation decisions or candor.
- Financial HealthWhile current ROE is very high, a comprehensive assessment of financial health, including long-term ROE trends, operating margins, owner earnings, and debt structure, cannot be completed with the provided limited data.
- Margin of SafetyEstimating intrinsic value for a business whose future cash flows are unpredictable is not feasible within this framework, thus a margin of safety cannot be determined.
This framework deems KLA Corp 'Too Hard' to analyze because the cyclical and technologically dynamic nature of the semiconductor equipment industry makes ten-year cash flow projections unreliable, thus falling outside the circle of competence. Consequently, a comprehensive evaluation of its economic moat, management, detailed financial health, and intrinsic value is not feasible within this value-investing approach. Despite strong current ROE, the lack of long-term predictability prevents a deeper assessment.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.