ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 21 (better than 21% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock KLA-Tencor are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for KLA-Tencor. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 80, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 80% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 20, which means that the share price of KLA-Tencor is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 43, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 43% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 16 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 84% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more