KLA Corporation (KLAC) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 260 Technology companies.
KLA Corporation (KLAC) scores 7.3 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as high quality. The reading rests on profitability, and predictability is what holds it back.
One pillar, efficiency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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The Quality Score for KLAC stands at 7.3 out of 10 as of October 16, 2026, which puts KLA Corporation in the high quality band. Businesses in this band tend to combine good returns with a sound balance sheet, even if one pillar lags the others. It rolls KLA Corporation’s profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability into one number, each judged against the norms of its sector.
Among the 260 Technology companies with a published score, that ranks at the 86th percentile, in the top quarter of its peers. For reference, the middle of the group scores 5.9 and a company needs 6.7 to reach its top quarter, which leaves KLA Corporation above the median.
On profitability, KLA Corporation scores 9.0, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 4.6 across 252 Technology companies, which places it well above them, at the 96th percentile. High profitability means each unit of capital and of sales is turning into more profit than at most of its peers, which is usually the first sign of pricing power or a cost advantage.
Solvency scores 8.0 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 194 Technology companies is 8.0, so KLA Corporation is in line with its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 49th percentile. A high solvency score means leverage is modest relative to earnings and cash flow, which gives management room to act in a bad year.
On growth, KLA Corporation scores 6.2, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 6.4 across 207 Technology companies, which places it in line with them, at the 46th percentile. A middling growth reading is typical of a mature company whose next step depends on reinvestment rather than on its market growing for it.
Efficiency has no score for KLA Corporation. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median efficiency score across 240 Technology companies is 7.1. Without it the overall cannot say how well reported profit turns into cash.
Predictability scores 5.8 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 258 Technology companies is 4.7, so KLA Corporation is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 71st percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
Profitability at 9.0 is KLA Corporation’s best pillar and predictability at 5.8 its weakest. The 3.2 point gap between them is worth keeping in mind when reading the overall. A profitability lead usually reflects something durable in the business model rather than a good year. Uneven results make any single year a weaker guide to the next one.
KLA Corporation has no pillar below the median of Technology companies, which leaves little room to rise. Its exposure is to slippage instead, and profitability carries the most weight: one point less there would mean an overall of roughly 7.0 rather than 7.3. With one pillar unscored, the overall rests on 85 of the 100 weight points, spread across the four pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Technology companies below are nearest to KLA Corporation by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading KLA Corporation scores 7.3 out of 10, which reads as high quality. Its strongest pillar is profitability, its weakest is predictability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
KLA Corporation ranks at the 86th percentile of the 260 Technology companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.9 and the top quarter starts at 6.7, against KLA Corporation’s 7.3.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 16, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for KLAC are in the app.
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