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KLAC · NasdaqGS
KLA Corporation
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials · United States
USD 202.63-2.0% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$264.43B
- Trailing P/E
- 55.36x
- Forward P/E
- 30.22x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 15.2%
- Trailing net margin
- 35.6%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 0.5%
Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-10-28 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. 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; 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; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components. In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia. 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.
Company websiteQ4 FY2026
Go beyond the headline.
KLA (KLAC): A Record Quarter, a Beat — and the 1% Number Nobody Noticed
Published 2026-07-29
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KLAC peer comparison
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| Metric | KLACKLA CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | LRCXLam Research CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-28 | AMATApplied Materials, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-07-26 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$264.43B | US$424.36B | US$423.73B | US$424.04Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 30.22x | 28.82x | 28.91x | 28.87xn=2 |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 44.84x | 49.91x | 42.19x | 46.05xn=2 |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 15.2% | 30.0% | 24.8% | 27.4%n=2 |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 42.5% | 37.4% | 33.7% | 35.6%n=2 |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7%n=2 |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 0.21x | -0.17x | -0.19x | -0.18xn=2 |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.97x | 0.33x | 0.29x | 0.31xn=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 55.36x | 59.18x | 46.07x | 52.62xn=2 |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 41.71x | 34.02x | 16.54x | 25.28xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 19.99x | 18.56x | 13.89x | 16.23xn=2 |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 13.8% | 34.8% | 42.8% | 38.8%n=2 |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 61.3% | 50.5% | 49.4% | 49.9%n=2 |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 35.6% | 31.3% | 30.1% | 30.7%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 87.5% | 65.1% | 41.1% | 53.1%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 19.3% | 13.3% | 10.0% | 11.6%n=2 |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4%n=2 |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 21.9% | 18.1% | 16.5% | 17.3%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 2.88x | 2.63x | 2.42x | 2.53xn=2 |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 1.45 | 1.85 | 1.59 | 1.72n=2 |
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Research history for KLAC
Q4 FY20262026-07-29
KLA (KLAC): A Record Quarter, a Beat — and the 1% Number Nobody Noticed
Presentation · 2026-07-29 · YouTube
Q3 FY20262026-04-29
KLAC Stock: $3.3B Revenue — Q3 FY2026 Earnings Analysis
Presentation · 2026-04-29 · YouTube
Q2 FY20262026-04-13
KLAC Stock: EPS Misses Estimates — Q2 FY2026
Presentation · 2026-04-13 · YouTube