KLA Corporation

KLAC

Semiconductors · Technology

Price

$212.75

-6.62 (-3.02%)

Market Cap

$277.91B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−14.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.55B (2021) → 1.34B (2025)

KLA Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through four segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; PCB, Display and Component Inspection; and Other. The company offers integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing products that comprises wafer inspection and review, and metrology; wafer and substrate defect inspection and

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+46.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1.4B/ year

↑ Rising (+6% vs prior year)

11.2% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

KLA Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 24%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

63.2%

Premium pricing power — 63.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

44.2%

Excellent — 44.2% operating margin

ROCE

13.3%

Good — 13.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+17.6%

Fast-growing sales (17.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+44.5%

Earnings growing fast (44.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

105%

Turns 105% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

34.4%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (34.4%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.25

Elevated debt (1.25)

Interest Cover

18.91x

Comfortably covers interest (18.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

6.2x

Attractive valuation — P/E 6.2

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-34.6

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.32%

Small dividend — 0.32% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+18.5%

Dividend growing fast (18.5% YoY)

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