KLA Corp. vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? KLA Corp. trades at $204.6 (market cap $261.92B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $475 (market cap $82.52B). The key difference: KLA Corp. is far larger — about 3.2× Moody's Corporation's market cap, and Moody's Corporation pays the higher dividend (0.86%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KLAC | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $261.92B | $82.52B |
Sector | Technology | Financials |
52-Week High | $301.71 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $84.39 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $263.17B | $88.54B |
Dividend Yield | 0.46% | 0.86% |
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KLA designs and manufactures yield-management and process-monitoring diagnostic and control systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The systems are used to analyze the manufacturing process at various steps in a semiconductor's development. The firm's laser-scanning products are used for wafer qualification, process monitoring, and equipment monitoring. KLA also provides inspection tools and systems for optical metrology and e-beam metrology.
Read more on KLAC →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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