KLA Corporation expected to post earnings of $1.18 a share - Earnings Preview
KLA Corporation KLAC.O is expected to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports results on October 28 for the period ending September 30 2026
The Milpitas California-based company is expected to report a 25.8% increase in revenue to $4.039 billion from $3.21 billion a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 19 analysts, based on LSEG data.The company's guidance on July 28 2026, for the period ended September 30, was for revenue between $3.80 billion and $4.20 billion.
LSEG's mean analyst estimate for KLA Corporation is for earnings of $1.18 per share. The company's EPS guidance on July 28 2026, for the period ended September 30, was between $1.06 and $1.26
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 19 "strong buy" or "buy," 8 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."
The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the last three months.
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for KLA Corporation is $227.00, about 52.1% above its last closing price of $149.21
The company's guidance on July 28 2026 for the period ended September 30 was for gross profit margin between USD61.5% and USD63.5%.
Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure in US dollars).
QUARTER ENDING | STARMINESMARTESTIMATE® | LSEG IBES ESTIMATE | ACTUAL | BEAT, MET, MISSED | SURPRISE % |
Jun. 30 2026 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.05 | Beat | 5.4 |
Mar. 31 2026 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.94 | Beat | 2.8 |
Dec. 31 2025 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.89 | Beat | 0.5 |
Sep. 30 2025 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.88 | Beat | 2.3 |
Jun. 30 2025 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.94 | Beat | 9.6 |
Mar. 31 2025 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.84 | Beat | 3.9 |
Dec. 31 2024 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.82 | Beat | 5.8 |
Sep. 30 2024 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.73 | Beat | 4 |
This summary was machine generated October 26 at 23:02 GMT. All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)