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KLA CORP KLAC
KLA CORP (KLAC) earns a Piotroski F-score of 8/9 (strong financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 0.33% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $13.6B at a 35.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.06 — grey zone (between the usual thresholds). A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Stifel | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Susquehanna | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight (reit) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 2036 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 8/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLAC | KLA CORP | 8/9 | — | 67.2 | +11.7% |
| NVMI | NOVA LTD. | 3/9 | 6.81 | 59.9 | +31% |
| CAMT | CAMTEK LTD | 5/9 | 6.8 | 139.5 | +15.6% |
| OPXS | Optex Systems Holdings Inc | 7/9 | 10.9 | 17.3 | +21.6% |
| OPTX | SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC. | 7/9 | 2.51 | — | -1.3% |
| MSAI | MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. | 3/9 | 6.62 | — | — |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
About KLA CORP
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; wafer inspection and metrology systems; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components. In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
FAQ
Is KLAC financially healthy?
KLA CORP's Piotroski F-score is 8/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does KLAC pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. KLA CORP pays a dividend yielding about 0.33% with a 22.3% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is KLAC?
In FY2025, KLA CORP had a net margin of 35.6% and a return on equity of 76.1%.
Is KLAC overvalued or undervalued?
KLA CORP trades at about 51.3× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.8×–50.0×, median 26.0×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for KLAC?
The average Wall-Street price target for KLA CORP is $233.77, about 24.4% above the recent price, from 26 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is KLAC a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on KLA CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 8/9, a P/E of about 67.2×, a dividend yield of 0.33%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-06-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.