Kla (KLAC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Kla (KLAC) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.4 for Q1 2026, up 75.35% year-over-year from 0.23 in Q1 2025, and up 102.15% on a QoQ basis from 0.2 in Q4 2025.

Kla (KLAC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kla (KLAC) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.4 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 75.35% year-over-year to 0.4; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.03 (down 89.49% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 0.26, up 15.87% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.4 for Q1 2026 at Kla, up from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.86 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.61 in Q2 2025.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.27, with a median of 0.24 recorded in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 183.58% in 2022 and slumped 357.39% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.31 in 2022, then rose by 16.54% to 0.36 in 2023, then slipped by 17.04% to 0.3 in 2024, then tumbled by 33.95% to 0.2 in 2025, then surged by 102.15% to 0.4 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.4, 0.2, and 0.24 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Applied Materials 516.82 Bn 510.08 Bn 3.95 Bn 1.74
2 Lam Research 488.97 Bn 484.22 Bn 2.91 Bn 0.27
3 Kla 348.47 Bn 343.51 Bn 2.09 Bn 0.40
4 Teradyne 66.84 Bn 66.60 Bn 780.95 Mn 0.08
5 Qnity Electronics 32.19 Bn 32.35 Bn 618.00 Mn 1.31
6 Entegris 25.16 Bn 24.72 Bn 380.80 Mn 0.11
7 Amkor Technology 19.80 Bn 17.99 Bn 239.03 Mn -0.09
8 Formfactor 11.45 Bn 11.15 Bn 86.79 Mn -
9 ACM Research 7.71 Bn 7.32 Bn 107.24 Mn -
10 Kulicke & Soffa Industries 7.00 Bn 6.51 Bn 119.70 Mn 0.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.40
Dec 31, 2025 0.20
Sep 30, 2025 0.24
Jun 30, 2025 -0.61
Mar 31, 2025 0.23
Dec 31, 2024 0.30
Sep 30, 2024 0.21
Jun 30, 2024 0.24
Mar 31, 2024 0.24
Dec 31, 2023 0.36
Sep 30, 2023 0.22
Jun 30, 2023 0.83
Mar 31, 2023 0.20
Dec 31, 2022 0.31
Sep 30, 2022 0.20
Jun 30, 2022 0.86
Mar 31, 2022 0.22
Dec 31, 2021 0.21
Jun 30, 2021 -1.02
Mar 31, 2021 0.24