KLA CORP
KLACNasdaqGSSemiconductor Equipment & Materials • Technology
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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.
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Peer Comparison
| Ticker | Price | Mkt Cap | EV/EBITDA | Fwd P/E | Rev Growth | Gross Margin | FCF Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KLACKLA CORP | $175.54 | $229.4B | — | 32.2x | +11.7% | 61.3% | 1.6% |
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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