KLAC vs Peers Stock Comparison

Kla Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KLAC Kla Corp
$149.21 -20.6% 1M +26.1% 1Y
Market cap
$195.01B
P/E
40.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.58B
Div. yield
0.56%
Semiconductor Equipment Technology

Percentile Scorecard

KLAC

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

AxisKLAC
Valuation 45 #18 of 32
Growth 52 #15 of 30
Profitability 100 #1 of 28
Financial Health 24 #29 of 38
Shareholder Returns 64 #9 of 23
Overall 57
  • KLAC ranked among 40 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKLACSPY
1 month -20.6% -0.8%
3 months -26.6% +3.5%
6 months -21.5% +7.0%
Year to date +22.8% +12.2%
1 year +26.1% +13.0%
3 years +225.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +48.3% +23.1%
5 years +338.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +34.4% +11.0%
10 years +1,881.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +34.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureKLACSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.43 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -50.5% -1.8%
52-week high $301.71 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleKLAC
P/E now vs peer median 40.5xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 9.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.9xmedian 32.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 51.8xmedian 32.1x
P/B now vs peer median 30.7xmedian 4.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.73median 2.73

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 monthsKLAC
Revenue $13.58B
Gross profit $8.32B
Operating income $5.66B
Net income $4.83B
Free cash flow $3.77B
R&D $1.53B
EPS (diluted) $3.66
Cash & equivalents $1.65B
Total debt $5.89B
Shares (diluted) 1.32B
Enterprise value $187.18B

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
MetricKLAC
P/E 40.5x
P/FCF 51.8x
P/Operating cash flow 47.1x
P/S 14.4x
P/B 30.7x
P/Tangible book 32.0x
EV/EBITDA 32.9x
EV/EBIT 35.2x
EV/Revenue 14.7x
EV/FCF 52.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 48.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKLAC
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 18.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 20.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKLAC
Gross margin 61.3%
EBITDA margin 44.6%
Operating margin 41.7%
Pretax margin 41.3%
Net margin 35.6%
FCF margin 27.7%
Operating cash flow margin 30.5%
Return on equity 79.3%
Return on assets 27.7%
Return on invested capital 40.7%
Return on capital employed 43.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKLAC
Debt / assets 32.8%
Debt / equity 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x
Debt / FCF 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 64.6%
Equity / assets 35.4%
Interest coverage 19.9x
Current ratio 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.4x
Altman Z-score 12.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKLAC
Dividend yield 0.6%
Net buyback yield 1.1%
Shareholder yield 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.

ConsensusKLAC
Forward P/E 26.3xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $5.67FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +50.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +16.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $19.18BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +41.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKLAC
Held by institutions 91.0%
Institutions holding 2,478
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.2%
Institutions buying 1,285
Institutions selling 982
Buyers to sellers 1.31

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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.