KEYS vs TDY vs KLAC Stock Comparison

Keysight Technologies, Teledyne Technologies and Kla Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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KLAC Kla Corp
$145.61 -22.5% 1M +25.6% 1Y
Market cap
$195.64B
P/E
40.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.58B
Div. yield
0.01%
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Kla leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Kla 4, Teledyne Technologies 4, Keysight Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKEYSTDYKLACLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $55.73B $29.94B $195.64B KLAC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 44.2x 29.2x 40.5x TDY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.4x 24.7x 25.7x TDY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.5% +8.6% +11.7% KEYS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.1% 15.8% 35.6% KLAC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.4% 8.1% 40.7% KLAC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.9x 0.7x KEYS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +86.8% +16.6% +25.6% KEYS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.3%/yr +7.0%/yr +33.6%/yr KLAC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.0% 25.4% 61.4% TDY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 70/100 59/100 TDY

Percentile Scorecard

KEYSTDYKLAC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKEYSTDYKLAC
Valuation 27 #82 of 112 66 #35 of 100 38 #59 of 95
Growth 64 #40 of 109 38 #61 of 97 54 #43 of 93
Profitability 89 #13 of 105 82 #18 of 96 97 #4 of 91
Financial Health 54 #54 of 117 75 #27 of 106 21 #81 of 102
Shareholder Returns 80 #17 of 82 91 #7 of 65 84 #13 of 76
Overall 63 70 59
  • KEYS ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • TDY ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • KLAC ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKEYSTDYKLACSPY
1 month -11.0%+0.7%-22.5% -1.0%
3 months -1.3%-4.5%-30.8% +2.9%
6 months -9.3%-3.6%-24.7% +6.4%
Year to date +54.8%+22.5%+19.8% +11.4%
1 year +86.8%+16.6%+25.6% +13.1%
3 years +157.4%+62.0%+209.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +37.1%+17.5%+45.8% +21.5%
5 years +78.5%+40.2%+324.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +12.3%+7.0%+33.6% +10.9%
10 years +868.3%+494.9%+1,877.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +25.5%+19.5%+34.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureKEYSTDYKLACSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.0%25.4%61.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.9%23.8%65.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.891.082.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.930.650.42 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.6%-32.2%-51.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.9%-9.5%-51.7% -2.5%
52-week high $387.90$691.24$301.71 $779.14
52-week low $167.77$484.47$109.71 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKEYSTDYKLAC
P/E now vs peer median 42.7xmedian 31.3x 28.2xmedian 26.2x 39.5xmedian 41.5x
P/S now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 2.6x 4.4xmedian 2.9x 14.0xmedian 6.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 31.0xmedian 19.6x 18.5xmedian 14.7x 32.1xmedian 27.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.5xmedian 28.3x 25.2xmedian 24.9x 50.5xmedian 35.6x
P/B now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 2.9x 2.6xmedian 2.4x 30.0xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 8.75median 1.15 -47.50median 0.92 2.66median 2.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKEYSTDYKLAC
Revenue $6.58B $6.52B $13.58B
Gross profit $4.26B $2.84B $8.32B
Operating income $1.33B $1.30B $5.66B
Net income $1.26B $1.03B $4.83B
Free cash flow $1.47B $1.15B $3.77B
R&D $1.19B $330.60M $1.53B
EPS (diluted) $7.28 $21.90 $3.66
Cash & equivalents $2.61B $562.40M $1.65B
Total debt $2.52B $2.03B $5.89B
Shares (diluted) 173.00M 46.90M 1.32B
Enterprise value $46.66B $28.17B $187.80B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKEYSTDYKLAC
P/E 42.7x 28.2x 39.5x
P/FCF 36.5x 25.2x 50.5x
P/Operating cash flow 33.4x 22.6x 45.9x
P/S 8.1x 4.4x 14.0x
P/B 8.2x 2.6x 30.0x
P/Tangible book 9.8x 3.1x 31.2x
EV/EBITDA 31.0x 18.5x 32.1x
EV/EBIT 40.1x 23.3x 34.4x
EV/Revenue 8.1x 4.7x 14.3x
EV/FCF 36.4x 26.5x 51.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 33.3x 23.7x 47.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 8.75 -47.50 2.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKEYSTDYKLAC
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.5% 8.6% 11.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 0.5% 9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.2% 10.8% 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.8% -0.1% 9.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 49.9% 23.3% 12.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -2.1% 0.0% 12.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 131.6% 25.5% 18.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.7% -1.3% 12.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 131.6% 27.2% 20.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.9% -0.6% 14.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.0% 11.9% 1.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.0% 26.7% 4.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.8% 10.5% 0.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.6% 29.4% 4.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKEYSTDYKLAC
Gross margin 64.7% 43.6% 61.3%
EBITDA margin 26.2% 25.3% 44.6%
Operating margin 20.3% 20.0% 41.7%
Pretax margin 21.5% 19.4% 41.3%
Net margin 19.1% 15.8% 35.6%
FCF margin 22.3% 17.6% 27.7%
Operating cash flow margin 24.4% 19.6% 30.5%
Return on equity 19.8% 9.3% 79.3%
Return on assets 10.8% 6.7% 27.7%
Return on invested capital 13.4% 8.1% 40.7%
Return on capital employed 14.5% 9.4% 43.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.4x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 3.3% 0.6% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKEYSTDYKLAC
Debt / assets 21.1% 13.0% 32.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.2x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.9x 0.7x
Debt / FCF 1.7x 1.8x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 44.9% 28.5% 64.6%
Equity / assets 55.1% 71.5% 35.4%
Interest coverage 12.3x 26.9x 19.9x
Current ratio 2.0x 2.3x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.3x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 8.15 5.47 12.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKEYSTDYKLAC
Dividend yield – – 0.6%
Net buyback yield 2.2% 1.6% 1.1%
Shareholder yield 2.2% 1.6% 1.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 21.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 28.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 17.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 13.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKEYSTDYKLAC
Forward P/E 29.4xFY2026 24.7xFY2026 25.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $10.71FY2026 $25.31FY2026 $5.67FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +49.6%FY2026 +15.1%FY2026 +50.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +20.4% +13.2% +16.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.71BFY2026 $6.15BFY2026 $19.18BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +24.8%FY2026 +0.4%FY2026 +41.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +18.9% +5.5% +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKEYSTDYKLAC
Held by institutions 89.8% 97.2% 91.0%
Institutions holding 1,246 886 2,478
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.2% +2.7% +4.2%
Institutions buying 674 399 1,285
Institutions selling 380 327 982
Buyers to sellers 1.77 1.22 1.31

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KEYSTDYKLAC
KEYS 1.00 0.50 0.62
TDY 0.50 1.00 0.44
KLAC 0.62 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KEYS, TDY and KLAC?

Kla (KLAC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Keysight Technologies (KEYS) $55.73B, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) $29.94B, Kla (KLAC) $195.64B.

Which stock is cheaper, KEYS, TDY and KLAC?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 44.2x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 29.2x, Kla (KLAC) 40.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) is cheapest (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 29.4x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 24.7x, Kla (KLAC) 25.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +25.5%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +8.6%, Kla (KLAC) +11.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kla (KLAC) has the highest net margin (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 19.1%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 15.8%, Kla (KLAC) 35.6%). On return on invested capital, Kla (KLAC) leads (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 13.4%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 8.1%, Kla (KLAC) 40.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Keysight Technologies (KEYS) returned the most: Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +86.8%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +16.6%, Kla (KLAC) +25.6%. Over five years, Kla (KLAC) compounded fastest (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +12.3%/yr, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +7.0%/yr, Kla (KLAC) +33.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 0.00%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 0.00%, Kla (KLAC) 0.01%. Keysight Technologies (KEYS) and Teledyne Technologies (TDY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has been the steadiest (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 45.0%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 25.4%, Kla (KLAC) 61.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KEYS, TDY and KLAC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Kla (KLAC) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.