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KLA Corp

KLAC
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Optical Instruments & Lenses
SEC CIK
0000319201

In the last 90 days, KLA Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 3 sales; 2,501 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $358.4B in total; superinvestors Altimeter Capital and Maverick Capital hold it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
21.5M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−3.34M
−13.4% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.63
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
13.2M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 2,312,762 sharesNov 15, 2024: 2,814,848 sharesNov 29, 2024: 2,985,568 sharesDec 13, 2024: 3,236,620 sharesDec 31, 2024: 3,243,046 sharesJan 15, 2025: 3,132,335 sharesJan 31, 2025: 2,659,031 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 2,860,448 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 3,347,350 sharesMar 14, 2025: 3,401,110 sharesMar 31, 2025: 2,830,986 sharesApr 15, 2025: 3,030,350 sharesApr 30, 2025: 2,461,283 sharesMay 15, 2025: 3,274,447 sharesMay 30, 2025: 3,586,170 sharesJun 13, 2025: 3,709,167 sharesJun 30, 2025: 3,598,591 sharesJul 15, 2025: 3,127,974 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,244,666 sharesAug 15, 2025: 3,554,507 sharesAug 29, 2025: 3,374,169 sharesSep 15, 2025: 3,727,843 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,387,793 sharesOct 15, 2025: 2,951,921 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,173,235 sharesNov 14, 2025: 3,710,400 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,304,319 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,575,716 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,360,917 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,040,627 sharesJan 30, 2026: 2,601,171 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 2,908,133 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 2,947,691 sharesMar 13, 2026: 2,995,660 sharesMar 31, 2026: 3,176,233 sharesApr 15, 2026: 3,341,196 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,184,475 sharesMay 15, 2026: 3,380,525 sharesMay 29, 2026: 3,504,100 sharesJun 15, 2026: 40,762,347 sharesJun 30, 2026: 34,375,617 sharesJul 15, 2026: 27,939,763 sharesJul 31, 2026: 27,024,003 sharesAug 14, 2026: 25,337,831 sharesAug 31, 2026: 29,401,138 sharesSep 15, 2026: 23,554,039 sharesSep 30, 2026: 24,261,297 sharesOct 15, 2026: 24,883,449 sharesOct 30, 2026: 21,541,175 shares
Short interest in KLAC by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202621.5M−3.34M−13.4%13.2M1.63
Oct 15, 202624.9M+622.2K+2.6%9.16M2.72
Sep 30, 202624.3M+707.3K+3.0%9.19M2.64
Sep 15, 202623.6M−5.85M−19.9%9.42M2.50
Aug 31, 202629.4M+4.06M+16.0%8.76M3.36
Aug 14, 202625.3M−1.69M−6.2%10.0M2.52
Jul 31, 202627.0M−915.8K−3.3%12.9M2.09
Jul 15, 202627.9M−6.44M−18.7%13.8M2.03
Jun 30, 202634.4M−6.39M−15.7%16.0M2.14
Jun 15, 2026SplitRevised40.8M+37.3M+1,060.6%13.0M3.13
May 29, 20263.50M+123.6K+3.7%949.9K3.69
May 15, 20263.38M+196.1K+6.2%1.04M3.24
Apr 30, 20263.18M−156.7K−4.7%994.1K3.20
Apr 15, 20263.34M+165.0K+5.2%792.0K4.22
Mar 31, 20263.18M+180.6K+6.0%1.04M3.06
Mar 13, 20263.00M+48.0K+1.6%1.03M2.91
Feb 27, 20262.95M+39.6K+1.4%745.1K3.96
Feb 13, 20262.91M+307.0K+11.8%1.36M2.14
Jan 30, 20262.60M−439.5K−14.5%1.44M1.80
Jan 15, 20263.04M−320.3K−9.5%1.05M2.89
Dec 31, 20253.36M−214.8K−6.0%741.9K4.53
Dec 15, 20253.58M+271.4K+8.2%846.3K4.22
Nov 28, 20253.30M−406.1K−10.9%1.11M2.98
Nov 14, 20253.71M+537.2K+16.9%1.06M3.51
Oct 31, 20253.17M+221.3K+7.5%1.06M2.99
Oct 15, 20252.95M−435.9K−12.9%1.15M2.56
Sep 30, 20253.39M−340.1K−9.1%944.1K3.59
Sep 15, 20253.73M+353.7K+10.5%878.3K4.24
Aug 29, 20253.37M−180.3K−5.1%816.2K4.13
Aug 15, 20253.55M+309.8K+9.6%1.07M3.31
Jul 31, 20253.24M+116.7K+3.7%1.08M3.00
Jul 15, 20253.13M−470.6K−13.1%759.7K4.12
Jun 30, 20253.60M−110.6K−3.0%1.28M2.81
Jun 13, 20253.71M+123.0K+3.4%1.28M2.90
May 30, 20253.59M+311.7K+9.5%1.09M3.30
May 15, 20253.27M+813.2K+33.0%1.18M2.78
Apr 30, 20252.46M−569.1K−18.8%1.14M2.16
Apr 15, 20253.03M+199.4K+7.0%1.80M1.68
Mar 31, 20252.83M−570.1K−16.8%958.1K2.95
Mar 14, 20253.40M+53.8K+1.6%1.09M3.11
Feb 28, 20253.35M+486.9K+17.0%1.10M3.04
Feb 14, 20252.86M+201.4K+7.6%839.9K3.41
Jan 31, 20252.66M−473.3K−15.1%1.38M1.92
Jan 15, 20253.13M−110.7K−3.4%1.18M2.65
Dec 31, 20243.24M+6.43K+0.2%1.01M3.21
Dec 13, 20243.24M+251.1K+8.4%1.13M2.87
Nov 29, 20242.99M+170.7K+6.1%1.20M2.50
Nov 15, 20242.81M+502.1K+21.7%1.22M2.30
Oct 31, 20242.31M−220.8K−8.7%1.29M1.79

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in KLAC by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 20261,979$190.12$376.2K
Oct 9, 2026607$196.72$119.4K
Oct 5, 20261,324$206.89$273.9K
Sep 28, 202638$187.92$7.14K
Sep 21, 202635,892$176.99$6.35M
Sep 18, 202696$168.98$16.2K
Sep 15, 202661$169.09$10.3K
Sep 9, 202620$188.98$3.78K
Sep 8, 2026103$185.60$19.1K
Sep 3, 20263,989$172.26$687.1K
Sep 1, 20267,670$175.45$1.35M
Aug 31, 20262,740$175.54$481.0K
Aug 28, 2026103$183.77$18.9K
Aug 27, 202637,109$183.83$6.82M
Aug 26, 2026178$183.34$32.6K
Aug 21, 20261$185.86$185.86
Aug 20, 2026567$187.27$106.2K
Aug 17, 2026104$203.72$21.2K
Aug 14, 20263,834$209.37$802.7K
Aug 12, 20264,520$200.47$906.1K
Aug 10, 2026170,167$198.11$33.7M
Aug 7, 2026171,693$193.22$33.2M
Aug 5, 202670$195.45$13.7K
Jul 30, 202672$170.19$12.3K
Jul 28, 2026616$203.36$125.3K
Jul 27, 202634$210.52$7.16K
Jul 24, 202612,508$218.73$2.74M
Jul 23, 2026105$214.69$22.5K
Jul 22, 2026104$217.56$22.6K
Jul 21, 20269$207.60$1.87K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in KLAC by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 20261,598,0011,9273,941,21140.5%
Nov 9, 20261,992,5821,6875,941,51233.5%
Nov 6, 20262,014,701218,3814,747,08042.4%
Nov 5, 20263,020,39545,8798,743,40234.5%
Nov 4, 2026908,9734094,981,00418.2%
Nov 3, 2026473,2555113,672,24712.9%
Nov 2, 2026827,8402,4344,657,48217.8%
Oct 30, 20262,566,6999,6245,730,81444.8%
Oct 29, 20262,062,0043,3775,163,59239.9%
Oct 28, 20261,113,7586,0633,630,04530.7%
Oct 27, 2026524,7157,4043,284,75916.0%
Oct 26, 2026514,0084,7763,496,81014.7%
Oct 23, 2026420,68719,2903,325,37712.7%
Oct 22, 20261,466,4872,4266,448,96422.7%
Oct 21, 2026527,6745,5182,119,91024.9%
Oct 20, 2026605,3212,6764,017,79515.1%
Oct 19, 2026663,4653,3713,052,73021.7%
Oct 16, 20261,464,0773,6603,282,54744.6%
Oct 15, 2026804,5331,8094,222,55519.1%
Oct 14, 20261,229,3002,6613,970,06231.0%
Oct 13, 20261,078,6073,0643,363,98232.1%
Oct 12, 2026685,9589882,096,65332.7%
Oct 9, 2026592,0373,6591,770,66833.4%
Oct 8, 20261,633,4599003,504,64146.6%
Oct 7, 2026847,7363,4272,083,66140.7%
Oct 6, 20261,133,31910,7653,068,81536.9%
Oct 5, 2026725,6133,9452,289,96831.7%
Oct 2, 2026957,1861342,291,41441.8%
Oct 1, 20261,032,3281,7862,841,72436.3%
Sep 30, 2026603,2841,4491,747,30134.5%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in KLAC
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T113,619,973455,23110,670,011124,80656.1%
Oct 12, 2026T112,593,336451,9177,595,212114,91162.4%
Oct 5, 2026T19,198,381354,1958,183,794111,86752.9%
Sep 28, 2026T18,532,481346,9535,541,845125,46960.6%
Sep 21, 2026T18,710,384330,4586,633,93898,06456.8%
Sep 14, 2026T18,540,304339,49611,812,859111,71042.0%
Sep 7, 2026T18,381,729302,3637,359,84088,37053.2%
Aug 31, 2026T19,129,489344,6588,255,392107,49552.5%
Aug 24, 2026T17,584,385303,45410,808,40890,43441.2%
Aug 17, 2026T18,812,229407,09312,296,419107,85741.7%
Aug 10, 2026T19,267,771365,14410,019,437100,78948.1%
Aug 3, 2026T110,743,141409,41712,483,499112,14846.3%