KLA Corporation KLAC NDXSPXAI
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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PROS
- Strong return on equity of 95.0%.
- Healthy ROCE of 41.3%.
- Excellent profit margin of 35.7%.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
- Trading at a high P/E of 54.3.
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Fundamental Growth
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Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KLAC KLA Corporation NDXSPXAI | 1,921.71 | 54.35 | $251.03B | 0.48% | 41.28% | 94.98% | 9.69% | 6.93% |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI | 211.14 | 32.38 | $5.11T | 0.47% | 81.14% | 114.29% | 100.05% | 201.80% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX | 312.06 | 37.73 | $4.58T | 0.35% | 68.72% | 141.47% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI | 450.24 | 26.82 | $3.34T | 0.81% | 26.37% | 34.01% | 12.42% | 11.87% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI | 418.45 | 35.86 | $2.17T | 0.91% | 32.04% | 36.21% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 971.00 | 45.87 | $1.10T | 0.06% | 14.20% | 39.82% | 6.71% | -0.57% |
| 7 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 516.10 | 172.61 | $841.55B | - | 6.33% | 8.06% | 13.64% | 48.64% |
| 8 | ORCL Oracle Corporation SPXAI | 225.78 | 40.46 | $649.35B | 0.89% | 13.07% | 57.57% | 10.59% | 22.81% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI | 1,612.76 | 53.76 | $621.59B | 0.54% | 43.81% | 52.24% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 969.58M | 975.82M | 1.02B | 1.07B | 1.09B | 1.12B | 1.10B | 1.26B | 1.41B | 1.51B | 1.42B | 1.46B | 1.54B | 1.65B | 1.80B | 1.93B | 2.08B | 2.35B | 2.29B | 2.72B | 2.98B | 2.43B | 2.40B | 2.49B | 2.36B | 2.84B | - | 3.06B | 3.17B | 3.21B | 3.30B | 3.42B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.18B | 1.21B | 1.24B | 1.27B | 1.33B |
| Gross Profit | 372.40M | 429.26M | 437.83M | 581.60M | 472.84M | 558.38M | 570.53M | 590.72M | 616.46M | 628.82M | 652.94M | 692.44M | 711.87M | 711.64M | 610.37M | 665.65M | 809.17M | 875.84M | 833.81M | 838.05M | 918.06M | 981.14M | 1.09B | 1.15B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.89B | 1.97B | 1.97B | 2.03B | 2.09B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 586.95M | 615.70M | 629.45M | 663.79M | 679.90M |
| Operating Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.30B | 1.35B | 1.34B | 1.36B | 1.41B |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.43B | 1.50B | 1.48B | 1.50B | 1.59B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 71.89M | 73.12M | 71.08M | 69.67M | 70.42M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.26B | 1.33B | 1.31B | 1.33B | 1.42B |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 176.02M | 125.95M | 188.44M | 184.62M | 215.77M |
| Net Income | 104.90M | 152.21M | 175.78M | 271.54M | 178.10M | 238.25M | 253.56M | 256.16M | 280.94M | -134.32M | 306.88M | 348.77M | 395.94M | 369.10M | 192.73M | 217.84M | 346.52M | 380.56M | 78.45M | 411.25M | 420.57M | 457.25M | 567.50M | 632.98M | 1.07B | 717.44M | 730.57M | 1.03B | 978.79M | 697.84M | 741.38M | 582.53M | 601.54M | 945.85M | - | 1.09B | 1.20B | 1.12B | 1.15B | 1.20B |
| Diluted EPS | 0.66 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 1.73 | 1.13 | 1.52 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.78 | -0.86 | 1.95 | 2.22 | 2.54 | 2.42 | 1.23 | 1.35 | 2.16 | 2.40 | 0.50 | 2.63 | 2.69 | 2.94 | 3.66 | 4.10 | 6.96 | 4.71 | 4.83 | 7.20 | 6.89 | 5.03 | 5.41 | 4.28 | 4.43 | 7.01 | - | 8.16 | 9.06 | 8.47 | 8.68 | 9.12 |
| R&D Expense | 119.94M | 118.27M | 115.59M | - | 129.23M | 130.91M | 130.17M | - | 146.69M | 156.70M | 153.24M | - | 153.53M | 165.90M | 184.89M | - | 210.58M | 220.75M | 215.43M | - | 219.04M | 229.06M | 238.96M | - | 258.15M | 265.03M | 285.19M | 318.51M | 332.83M | 328.28M | 311.21M | 320.42M | 321.59M | 323.14M | 346.16M | 338.04M | - | 360.46M | 383.87M | 388.76M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2009 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2011 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2013 | Jun 2014 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2016 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.48B | 4.04B | 4.57B | 5.81B | - | 9.21B | 10.50B | 9.81B | 12.16B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.59B | 4.22B | 3.93B | 4.75B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.62B | 6.28B | 5.88B | 7.40B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.97B | 2.28B | 2.25B | 2.39B |
| Operating Income | -577.94M | 314.17M | 1.16B | 1.02B | 729.68M | 772.07M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.65B | 3.99B | 3.64B | 5.01B |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.01B | 4.50B | 3.90B | 5.34B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160.34M | 296.94M | 311.25M | 302.17M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.49B | 3.79B | 3.19B | 4.64B |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 167.18M | 401.84M | 428.14M | 582.80M |
| Net Income | -523.37M | 212.30M | 794.49M | 756.01M | 543.15M | 582.75M | 366.16M | 704.42M | 926.08M | 802.26M | 1.18B | 1.22B | - | 3.32B | 3.39B | 2.76B | 4.06B |
| Diluted EPS | -3.07 | 1.23 | 4.66 | 4.44 | 3.21 | 3.47 | 2.24 | 4.49 | 5.88 | 5.10 | 7.49 | 7.70 | 13.37 | 21.92 | 24.15 | 20.28 | - |
| R&D Expense | 371.46M | 329.56M | 386.16M | 452.94M | 487.83M | 539.47M | 530.62M | 481.26M | 526.69M | 608.53M | 711.03M | 863.86M | 928.49M | 1.11B | 1.30B | 1.28B | 1.36B |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 9.69% |
| 1 Year: | 11.50% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | 6.93% |
| 1 Year: | 11.80% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | +155.54% |
| 6 Months: | +68.14% |
| 3 Months: | +26.21% |
| 1 Month: | +5.94% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2008 | Jun 2009 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2011 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2013 | Jun 2014 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2016 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 3.91B | 4.68B | 5.10B | 5.29B | 5.54B | 4.83B | 4.96B | 5.53B | 5.64B | 9.01B | 9.28B | - | 12.60B | 14.07B | 15.43B | 16.07B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.17B | 8.37B | 10.03B | 10.70B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.13B | 524.97M | 529.92M | 711.33M | 751.29M | 985.39M | 630.86M | 838.02M | 1.11B | 1.15B | 1.40B | 1.02B | 1.23B | - | 1.58B | 1.93B | 1.98B | 2.08B |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.15B | 2.88B | 3.03B | 3.21B |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.81B | 1.75B | 1.83B | 2.26B |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 1.66B | 1.81B | 1.78B | 1.81B | 1.87B | 4.40B | 4.27B | 4.21B | 4.02B | 6.33B | 6.60B | - | 11.20B | 11.15B | 12.07B | 11.38B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 771.79M | 878.86M | 862.91M | 861.53M | 895.61M | 1.00B | 1.00B | 1.29B | 1.21B | 1.77B | 1.70B | - | 2.87B | 3.74B | 4.66B | 4.09B |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 745.10M | 3.17B | 3.06B | 2.68B | 2.24B | 3.17B | 3.47B | - | 6.66B | 5.89B | 5.88B | 5.88B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.77B | 6.06B | 6.82B | 6.09B |
| Total Equity | 2.98B | 2.18B | 2.25B | 2.86B | 3.32B | 3.48B | 3.67B | 421.44M | 689.11M | 1.33B | 1.62B | 2.66B | 2.67B | - | 1.40B | 2.92B | 3.37B | 4.69B |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 141.80M | 136.75M | 280.65M | 281.18M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2009 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2011 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2013 | Jun 2014 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2016 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 195.68M | 447.80M | 823.17M | 941.62M | 913.19M | 778.89M | 605.91M | 759.70M | 1.08B | 1.23B | 1.15B | 1.78B | - | 3.31B | 3.67B | 3.31B | 4.08B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -484.90M | -227.96M | -359.51M | -528.89M | -241.45M | -676.11M | 918.22M | 144.69M | -560.89M | 291.62M | -1.18B | -258.87M | - | -876.46M | -482.57M | -1.48B | -202.48M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -299.12M | -216.33M | -300.15M | -364.10M | -428.51M | -458.89M | -1.30B | -636.70M | -472.81M | -1.27B | -360.00M | -1.30B | - | -2.26B | -2.83B | -1.78B | -3.79B |
| Capital Expenditure | -22.23M | -30.20M | -51.15M | -57.60M | -74.57M | -67.50M | -45.79M | -31.74M | -38.59M | -66.95M | -130.50M | -152.68M | - | -307.32M | -341.59M | -277.38M | -340.21M |
| Free Cash Flow | 173.46M | 417.60M | 772.01M | 884.02M | 838.62M | 711.38M | 560.12M | 727.96M | 1.04B | 1.16B | 1.02B | 1.63B | - | 3.01B | 3.33B | 3.03B | 3.74B |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 179.24M | 356.94M | 55.57M | 93.73M |
| Share Buybacks | 226.51M | 136.28M | 234.84M | 263.86M | 273.25M | 240.84M | 602.89M | 181.71M | 25.00M | 203.17M | 1.10B | 829.08M | 938.61M | 3.97B | 1.31B | 1.74B | 2.15B |
| Dividends Paid | 102.15M | 102.41M | 167.40M | 233.56M | 265.89M | 298.87M | 3.04B | 346.28M | 343.99M | 402.06M | 472.26M | - | 559.40M | 638.50M | 732.60M | 773.00M | - |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Jun 2009 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2011 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2013 | Jun 2014 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2016 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2020 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2022 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.0% | 59.8% | 60.0% | 60.9% |
| Operating Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39.7% | 38.1% | 37.1% | 41.2% |
| Net Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26.6% | 19.9% | 25.7% | 21.0% | - | 36.1% | 32.3% | 28.1% | 33.4% |
| ROE % | -24.0% | 9.4% | 27.8% | 22.8% | 15.6% | 15.9% | 86.9% | 102.2% | 69.8% | 49.5% | 44.2% | 45.7% | - | 237.0% | 116.0% | 82.0% | 86.6% |
| ROCE % | - | 10.0% | 30.6% | 24.0% | 16.5% | 16.6% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.6% | 38.7% | 33.7% | 41.8% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 9.64% | 12.60M | $24.21B |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.52% | 8.52M | $16.37B |
| 3 | State Street Corporation | 4.71% | 6.15M | $11.83B |
| 4 | FMR, LLC | 3.37% | 4.40M | $8.46B |
| 5 | Capital World Investors | 3.13% | 4.08M | $7.85B |
| 6 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 3.08% | 4.03M | $7.74B |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.81% | 3.67M | $7.06B |
| 8 | Capital International Investors | 2.09% | 2.73M | $5.24B |
| 9 | Primecap Management Company | 1.87% | 2.44M | $4.68B |
| 10 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1.39% | 1.82M | $3.49B |
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