KLAC
Kla Corp Information Technology Optical Instruments & Lenses S&P 500Nasdaq-100Russell 3000
$157.91Close
$206.4BMarket cap
$109.31 – $301.3752-week range
Jan 27, 2027Next report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +39% year on year
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 3 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 45 · weaker than 55% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 48% below its 52-week high
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
48%
1wk
up 8.4%
price change
1mo
down 19.0%
price change
12-month return
up 31%
market up 11% ·
its own up 18%
F-score
8 / 9
Exceptional
Altman Z
13.29
Low risk
P/E
42.7×
price / earnings
PEG
2.08
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
32.5×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 2.7%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
27%
of the market · expensive
Revenue growth
up 12%
year on year
EPS growth
up 39%
latest quarter
Sales growth
up 29%
latest quarter · +14 pts
ROE
up 87%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 28%
$3.8B FCF
D/E
0.93
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
0.7×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profits not fully backed by cash
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
- assets working harder
Trade setup
ATR%
5.2%
$8.26 a day · 2×ATR $141.39
RS
45 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
3 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
2.3×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.76
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 3 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: fails
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: fails
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: fails
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Oct 28, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 28, 2026+9% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$14.5M60.0% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 61%
- Net 36%
- Free cash 28%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021Jun 30, 2021 | FY2022Jun 30, 2022 | FY2023Jun 30, 2023 | FY2024Jun 30, 2024 | FY2025Jun 30, 2025 | FY2026Jun 30, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.9B | $9.2B | $10.5B | $9.8B | $12.2B | $13.6B |
| Gross margin | 60% | 61% | 60% | 60% | 61% | 61% |
| Net income | $2.1B | $3.3B | $3.4B | $2.8B | $4.1B | $4.8B |
| Net margin | 30% | 36% | 32% | 28% | 33% | 36% |
| Earnings per share | $1.34 | $2.19 | $2.42 | $2.03 | $3.04 | $3.66 |
| Free cash flow | $2.0B | $3.0B | $3.3B | $3.0B | $3.7B | $3.8B |
| Free cash margin | 28% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 31% | 28% |
| Cash | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $1.6B |
| Long-term debt | $3.4B | $6.7B | $5.9B | $5.9B | $5.9B | $5.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.4B | $1.4B | $2.9B | $3.4B | $4.7B | $6.3B |
| Shares outstanding | 1.53bn | 1.42bn | 1.37bn | 1.34bn | 1.32bn | 1.31bn |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $138 – $179 ±13.1% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- About the same 60.0% priced · 57.0% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs more
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $14.5M calls $5.7M · puts $8.9M · latest session
- 1.56× -14.25 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +10.57k · puts +6.45k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 60.0% (-2.2% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.05 · 25Δ skew 5.2 pts · Net GEX -$7.9M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 29d |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 37d |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 30d |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 30d |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 31d |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 39d |
| May 1, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 31d |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 31d |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 31d |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 36d |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 26d |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 26d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Charter or bylaws ↗ |
| May 7, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Charter or bylaws · Shareholder vote · Other events ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |