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KLA Corporation

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KLAC Stock: $3.3B Revenue — Q3 FY2026 Earnings Analysis

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Episodes tracked
3
Episodes linked
3
Latest video
Q3 FY2026
Podcast available
Yes
Current price
$221.18
+6.23 (+2.90%)
Trailing / Forward P/E
62.66x
Forward: 43.56x
Market cap / Volume
Volume:
Revenue / Earnings Growth
11.5%
Earnings: 11.8%
Margins
41.2% op
Gross: 61.4% · Net: 35.7%
Balance sheet
3.03x current
Debt / Equity: 105.4
52-week range / Beta
$83.22 - $307.37
Beta: 1.41
Analyst target
$219.89
Upside: -0.6%
Cash / shareholder return
1.00% FCF yield
Dividend yield: 0.35%

Company context

Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Country: United States
Employees:
Price to book: 49.58x
Return on equity: 95.0%
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.

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Market context for KLAC

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KLAC vs. two close competitors

This section compares the current company against two nearby peers on valuation, growth, margins, balance-sheet strength, and investment setup. Green generally marks the strongest relative figure for that row, while red marks the weakest.

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KLA Corporation
KLAC
Latest video
Q3 FY2026
Growth is positive but not explosive, which usually supports a steadier compounding case than a hyper-growth story.
Profitability is a real strength here, with healthy operating margins helping support resilience through weaker cycles.
Valuation already asks investors to pay up, so the upside case depends on continued execution staying strong.
Balance-sheet leverage is elevated, so investors should watch refinancing costs and how much flexibility management really has.
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ADBE
ADBE
Latest video
Q2 FY2026
Growth is positive but not explosive, which usually supports a steadier compounding case than a hyper-growth story.
Profitability is a real strength here, with healthy operating margins helping support resilience through weaker cycles.
Valuation looks more grounded than many growth names, which can improve the risk/reward if fundamentals hold up.
Risk profile looks relatively manageable compared with many peers, especially if operating execution remains stable.
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SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
SSNC
Latest video
Q1 2026
Growth is positive but not explosive, which usually supports a steadier compounding case than a hyper-growth story.
Cash generation stands out versus market value, which helps the stock absorb valuation pressure better than weaker cash converters.
Valuation looks more grounded than many growth names, which can improve the risk/reward if fundamentals hold up.
Balance-sheet leverage is elevated, so investors should watch refinancing costs and how much flexibility management really has.
Market Cap
More scale can mean deeper resources and resilience, although bigger does not automatically mean better upside.
KLAC
$288.92B
KLA Corporation
ADBE
$87.82B
ADBE
SSNC
$15.76B
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Trailing P/E
Lower trailing P/E can indicate a cheaper valuation relative to trailing earnings, but it may also reflect slower growth or higher perceived risk.
KLAC
62.7x
KLA Corporation
ADBE
12.6x
ADBE
SSNC
20.3x
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Forward P/E
Forward P/E is often a better read on what investors are paying for the next year of earnings power.
KLAC
43.6x
KLA Corporation
ADBE
8.0x
ADBE
SSNC
8.7x
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Revenue Growth
Higher revenue growth usually signals stronger demand, market share gains, or a business still in expansion mode.
KLAC
11.5%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
12.7%
ADBE
SSNC
8.8%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Earnings Growth
Faster earnings growth matters because it shows management is converting sales momentum into shareholder value.
KLAC
11.8%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
7.9%
ADBE
SSNC
8.3%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Operating Margin
Higher operating margin suggests better operating discipline, pricing power, or a structurally stronger business model.
KLAC
41.2%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
35.3%
ADBE
SSNC
24.2%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Gross Margin
Gross margin helps show how much product-level pricing power and unit economics a company has before overhead.
KLAC
61.4%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
89.4%
ADBE
SSNC
48.0%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Net Margin
Higher net margin means more of each dollar of revenue reaches the bottom line after all costs.
KLAC
35.7%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
28.7%
ADBE
SSNC
12.6%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Return on Equity
ROE shows how efficiently management turns shareholder capital into profits, though leverage can inflate it.
KLAC
95.0%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
63.0%
ADBE
SSNC
11.8%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Free Cash Flow Yield
Higher free cash flow yield can indicate a stronger cash return relative to the stock's market value.
KLAC
1.0%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
10.5%
ADBE
SSNC
8.1%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Debt to Equity
Lower leverage usually means less balance-sheet risk, though capital-intensive sectors naturally run higher debt loads.
KLAC
105.40x
KLA Corporation
ADBE
61.44x
ADBE
SSNC
110.67x
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Current Ratio
A stronger current ratio usually signals better short-term liquidity and more room to absorb shocks.
KLAC
3.03x
KLA Corporation
ADBE
0.75x
ADBE
SSNC
1.10x
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Beta
Lower beta often means lower volatility versus the market, while higher beta usually brings a rougher ride.
KLAC
1.41
KLA Corporation
ADBE
1.43
ADBE
SSNC
1.11
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Dividend Yield
Dividend yield matters for income-focused investors, but a high yield can also reflect a stressed stock price.
KLAC
0.3%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
ADBE
SSNC
1.6%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.
Analyst Upside
Higher analyst upside suggests the Street still sees room between current price and consensus fair value.
KLAC
-0.6%
KLA Corporation
ADBE
23.3%
ADBE
SSNC
42.2%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.

Episode timeline

Episode archive for KLAC

Each row is one earnings episode with every verified platform link available.

Q3 FY2026
Episode live
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KLAC Stock: $3.3B Revenue — Q3 FY2026 Earnings Analysis
Quarterly earnings-analysis entry for KLA Corporation. Use the links on the right to open the video or podcast episode.
Q2 FY2026
Episode live
Published youtube complete
KLAC Stock: EPS Misses Estimates — Q2 FY2026
Quarterly earnings-analysis entry for KLA Corporation. Use the links on the right to open the video or podcast episode.
Q2 FY2026
Episode live
Published podcast complete
Charged Alpha | KLA Corporation (KLAC) | Q2 FY2026 Earnings Deep Dive — Ep. 106
Quarterly earnings-analysis entry for KLA Corporation. Use the links on the right to open the video or podcast episode.