Kla (KLAC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Kla's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 41.84% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 36.0% year-over-year to 41.84%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 41.84% (up 36.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 42.99%, up 696.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 41.84% for Q1 2026 at Kla, down from 42.69% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 43.44% in Q2 2025 to a low of 34.28% in Q1 2024.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 39.2% across 5 years, with a median of 39.41% in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed surged 937 bps in 2022, then slumped 601 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 42.03% in 2022, then declined by 13 bps to 36.69% in 2023, then climbed by 1 bps to 37.01% in 2024, then increased by 15 bps to 42.69% in 2025, then fell by 2 bps to 41.84% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 41.84% (Q1 2026), 42.69% (Q4 2025), and 43.08% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.