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Abhinav Davuluri
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With Merger Deal Off, We’re Lowering KLA-Tencor’s Fair Value to $65 and Maintaining Lam’s at $77

KLA-Tencor and Lam Research announced on Oct. 5 that they have agreed to terminate their proposed merger agreement. Specifically, they said that the U.S. Department of Justice advised KLA and Lam that it would not continue negotiating an agreement to resolve concerns about the combination, which we surmise revolved around the significant supplier power the joint entity would have commanded. It's likely that key customers, such as Samsung in South Korea and Intel in the U.S., were not thrilled wi...
Underlying
KLA Corporation

KLA is a supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries. The company provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing and testing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, light emitting diodes, power devices, compound semiconductor devices, microelectromechanical systems, data storage, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and flat and flexible panel displays, as well as general materials research. The company has four reportable segments which include Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; PCB, Display and Component Inspection; and Other.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Abhinav Davuluri

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