Growth Metrics

Kla (KLAC) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Kla's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.42% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 4.0% year-over-year to 0.42%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.42%, up 4.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.44%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.42% in Q4 2025 per KLAC's latest filing, down from 0.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.6% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.31% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.47%, with a median of 0.44% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 26bps in 2021, then fell -19bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.42% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 39bps to 0.59% in 2022, then fell by -7bps to 0.55% in 2023, then tumbled by -31bps to 0.38% in 2024, then grew by 10bps to 0.42% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for KLAC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.42% (Q4 2025), 0.42% (Q3 2025), and 0.43% (Q2 2025).