KLA Corporation (KLAC) Stock

About KLA Corporation

KLA Corporation is led by CEO Richard Wallace, employs 15,000 people, headquartered in Milpitas, US, publicly traded since 1980.

KLA Corporation (KLAC) stock trades at $145.61 with a market capitalization of $190.02B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 51.01, price-to-book of 38.81, price-to-sales of 18.08. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $98.10 and $307.37, and currently trades 52.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.49%.

On profitability, KLA Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 85.38%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 41.48%, an operating margin of 43.11%, a net profit margin of 35.57%.

In its most recent fiscal year, KLA Corporation reported annual revenue of $13.6B, net profit of $4.8B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 14.4%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 18.4%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 2.62, total assets of $18.0B, $1.6B in cash and equivalents.

KLAC has an average daily trading volume of 11,442,490 shares, a beta of 1.44 (historically more volatile than the overall market).

KLA Corporation by the numbers, 2017–2026

Between 2017 and 2026 KLA Corporation reported revenue of $3.5B rising to $13.6B, a change of +290.2% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 14.4% a year over five years, 9.0% over three, 11.7% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $4.8B.

Operating margin went from 36.7% in 2017 to 41.7% in 2026, a gain of 5.0 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 35.57%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $13.6B and net profit $4.8B.

Borrowings rose from $2.9B to $6.2B, cash from operations was $4.1B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 119.5% over five years, and was 76.1% in the most recent year.

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