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KLA CORP

KLA CORP

KLACNasdaqGS

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials • Technology

Current Price
$175.540.00%
Market Cap
$229.35B
Shares Outstanding: 1.31B
Volume
-
Avg Vol (3M): -
Next Earnings
-
52 Week Range
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Comprehensive AI Analysis

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Summary

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Factor Scorecard

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20/31 signals active· low confidence at 64% coverage
Overall Factor Score
6655-69 band
Growth
6755-69 band
Quality
8585-100 band
Valuation
220-39 band
Financial Health
9185-100 band

Latest results at a glance

Insights from the latest company results and reports · filed 28 Jul 2026

  • Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Reported

    KLA reported GAAP net income of $4.83 billion and GAAP diluted EPS of $3.66 on total revenues of $13.58 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026.

  • Patterning Segment Growth Accelerates

    Patterning revenue reached $2.71 billion, representing 19.9% of consolidated revenue and increasing 23.2% year over year. Wafer Inspection revenue was $6.63 billion, up 7.0% year over year.

  • Fiscal 2027 Guidance Issued

    GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in a range of $1.14 +/- $0.10 for the first quarter of fiscal 2027. GAAP gross margin is expected to be in a range of 61.6% +/- 1.0%.

  • Gross Margin Compression Observed

    GAAP gross margin was 60.6% for the quarter, compared to 62.6% in the prior year period. Non-GAAP gross margin was 61.5%, compared to 63.5% in the prior year period.

  • Free Cash Flow Covers Buybacks

    Filed free cash flow of $3.767 billion was 1.65 times common-stock repurchases of $2.29 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026.

AI-generated · updated 28 Aug 2026View source filing

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Overview

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Financial Fundamentals

Growth, quality, valuation, cash generation, and balance-sheet strength.

Sector: Technology

Growth

TTM revenue plus current, long-term, forward, and accelerating top-line trends.

Revenue
-
Revenue Growth
11.7%
Moderate
Revenue CAGR 3Y
-
Forward Revenue Growth
33.3%
Excellent
Revenue Acceleration
-12.2%
Decelerating

Earnings

Trailing EPS, current EPS growth, long-term compounding, surprise, and forward expectations.

EPS (TTM)
3.70
Profitable
EPS Growth
18.9%
Strong
EPS CAGR 3Y
-
EPS Surprise
5.1%
Beat
Forward EPS
5.45
Profitable
Fwd Revenue Growth
33.3%
Forward EPS Growth
22.5%
Strong

Profitability

TTM margin and return metrics that reflect pricing power and business quality.

Gross Margin
61.3%
High
Operating Margin
-
Net Margin
35.6%
High
ROE
82.9%
Excellent
ROIC
-

Cash Flow

TTM free cash flow, growth, margin, and operating-cash conversion quality.

Free Cash Flow
$3.77B
Positive
FCF Growth
0.5%
Weak
FCF Margin
-
Cash Conversion
0.86x
Adequate

Valuation

Metrics ranked by issuer type, financial state, and input quality.

Cyclical businessPrimary lens

Forward P/E

Forward P/E is the best available lens because a positive EV/EBITDA multiple is unavailable.

Forward P/EPrimary
32.21x
Typical
EV / FCFSupporting
60.41x
High
Price / SalesContext
16.89x
High
Price / BookContext
39.34x
High

Financial Health

Latest-quarter liquidity and leverage checks plus TTM interest coverage.

Current Ratio
3.03x
Healthy
Quick Ratio
1.09x
Healthy
Debt / Equity
0.00x
Conservative
Interest Coverage
-

Shareholder Signals

Capital returns and dilution checks sourced from statements and insider filings.

Dividend Yield
0.5%
Low/None
Payout Ratio
21.9%
Sustainable
Buyback Yield
1.0%
Positive
Net Insider Buys
-11
Selling

Peer Comparison

TickerPrice
KLACKLA CORP
$175.54
Company Profile

About the Company

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. It offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems 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; wafer 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. The company also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, it offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB 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.

Next Earnings Date

Oct 28, 2026

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