KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) vs. Elong Power (NASDAQ:ELPW) Financial Comparison

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) and Elong Power (NASDAQ:ELPW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

KLA has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elong Power has a beta of -3.02, meaning that its stock price is 402% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares KLA and Elong Power”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KLA	$12.52 billion	11.51	$4.06 billion	$31.85	34.45
Elong Power	$390,000.00	30.48	-$30.11 million	N/A	N/A

KLA has higher revenue and earnings than Elong Power.

Profitability

This table compares KLA and Elong Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KLA	33.83%	113.10%	30.03%
Elong Power	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for KLA and Elong Power, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KLA	0	14	12	0	2.46
Elong Power	1	0	0	0	1.00

KLA currently has a consensus price target of $1,241.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.16%. Given KLA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KLA is more favorable than Elong Power.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.7% of KLA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Elong Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.5% of KLA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Elong Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

KLA beats Elong Power on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About KLA

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems that are used to measure pattern dimensions, film thickness, film stress, layer-to-layer alignment, pattern placement, surface topography, and electro-optical properties for wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; and semiconductor software solutions that provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification to accelerate yield learning rates and reduce production risk. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, the company offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, UV laser drilling, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB market; inspection and electrical testing systems to identify and classify defects, as well as systems to repair defects for the display market; and inspection and metrology systems for quality control and yield improvement in advanced and traditional semiconductor packaging markets. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

About Elong Power

Elong Power Holding Ltd. engages in the research and development, manufacturing, sales and service of high-power lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and construction machinery, as well as large-capacity, long-cycle lithium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. The company was founded on August 18, 2023 and is headquartered in Ganzhou, China.