Kla KLAC
NASDAQ KLAC
$183.99 -1.87 (-1.01%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Kla (KLAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kla (KLAC) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 41.21% for Q1 2026, down 124.0% year-over-year from 171.73% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 41.31% in Q4 2025.

Kla (KLAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kla's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 41.21% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 124.0% year-over-year to 41.21%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 41.68% (up 151.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 41.25%, up 420.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 41.21%, roughly flat from 41.31% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 42.58% in Q2 2025, with the low at 34.19% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 39.41% (2024), against an average of 39.22%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Margin sank 419 bps in 2023, then surged 826 bps in 2025.
  • Kla's Operating Margin stood at 40.19% in 2022, then fell by 5 bps to 38.3% in 2023, then grew by 5 bps to 40.37% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 41.31% in 2025, then declined by 0 bps to 41.21% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KLAC's Operating Margin at 41.21% in Q1 2026, 41.31% in Q4 2025, and 41.66% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Asml Holding 683.77 Bn 668.27 Bn 5.90 Bn 51.98%
2 Lam Research 393.97 Bn 388.39 Bn 3.48 Bn 37.39%
3 Applied Materials 389.80 Bn 381.56 Bn 3.95 Bn 31.90%
4 Kla 240.86 Bn 239.21 Bn 2.24 Bn 42.49%
5 Teradyne 58.87 Bn 58.52 Bn 794.62 Mn 32.94%
6 Qnity Electronics 27.06 Bn 26.10 Bn 666.00 Mn 25.75%
7 Entegris 21.93 Bn 21.58 Bn 420.00 Mn 18.64%
8 Onto Innovation 14.50 Bn 12.61 Bn 183.25 Mn 18.52%
9 Amkor Technology 12.45 Bn 9.94 Bn 318.59 Mn 10.53%
10 Nova 11.32 Bn 10.80 Bn 144.16 Mn 29.88%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 42.49%
Mar 31, 2026 41.21%
Dec 31, 2025 41.31%
Sep 30, 2025 41.66%
Jun 30, 2025 42.58%
Mar 31, 2025 42.45%
Dec 31, 2024 40.37%
Sep 30, 2024 39.41%
Jun 30, 2024 38.05%
Mar 31, 2024 34.19%
Dec 31, 2023 38.30%
Sep 30, 2023 37.51%
Jun 30, 2023 35.00%
Mar 31, 2023 35.38%
Dec 31, 2022 40.19%
Sep 30, 2022 40.77%
Jun 30, 2022 39.19%
Mar 31, 2022 39.10%
Dec 31, 2021 41.06%
Sep 30, 2021 39.29%