KLA Corp. KLAC
What this company does
Written from the business description in KLA CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 6 August 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +14.4% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +18.4%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 87 cents of profit this year.
EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 13.6 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Operating income $B | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | · | · | · | · | · | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | −0.6 |
| EBITDA $B | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | · | · | · | · | · | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | −0.4 |
| Income tax $B | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | −0.1 |
| Net income $B | 4.8 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | −0.5 |
| Free cash flow $B | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 3.66 | 3.04 | 2.03 | 24.15 | 21.92 | 13.37 | 7.70 | 7.49 | 5.10 | 5.88 | 4.49 | 2.24 | 3.47 | 3.21 | 4.44 | 4.66 | 1.23 | −3.07 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 0.80 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 5.20 | 4.20 | 3.60 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 2.52 | 2.14 | 2.08 | 18.50 | 1.80 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
| Payout % | 22 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 43 | 40 | 50 | 37 | 49 | 831 | 51 | 49 | 31 | 21 | 48 | −20 |
| ROE % | 87.5 | 100.8 | 87.8 | 156.8 | 139.0 | 68.8 | 45.7 | 54.9 | 54.4 | 91.9 | 126.9 | 17.9 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 24.5 | 31.1 | 9.6 | −24.0 |
| Shares out B | 1.31 | 1.32 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 7 checks could not be computed.