KLAC KLA Corporation
Information Technology · Semiconductor Materials & Equipment · close $165.74 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
KLA Corporation (KLAC) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 51/100 (grade C), ranking #43 of 199 in Information Technology. Its strongest pillars are profitability (75) and cash flow (57); its weakest is valuation (27). TTM revenue growth is 11.7% and operating margin 43.4%.
Data as of .
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 50| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 46 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 27 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 43| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 11.7% | 30 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 20.4% | 46 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | 3.7% | 64 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 75| Operating margin (9.9%) | 43.4% | 96 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | 0.4% | 51 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 53| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 0.67× | 38 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 2.88 | 72 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 20.71× | 70 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 57| FCF margin (6.2%) | 27.7% | 76 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 1.7% | 38 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 27| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 45.28× | 38 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 16.26× | 15 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 31.0 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 182.76 / 186.57 |
| 200-day SMA | 181.01 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.39× |
| 20-day return | -1.9% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfRevenue · Operating income: Pretax income + interest expense (EBIT proxy) · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) (split-adjusted) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted) (split-adjusted).
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FAQ
- What is KLAC's House Rating?
- KLAC scores 51 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #43 of 199 Information Technology stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about KLAC?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for KLAC scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does KLAC report earnings next?
- KLAC's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-28 (window 2026-10-25 to 2026-10-31), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is KLAC a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology