TTM
42.1%
YoY change
+6.06pp
Trough year (2009)
-38.0%
Peak year (2025)
43.1%
Latest annual
43.1%
Operating Margin history chart for KLA (KLAC) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 43.1%
Operating Margin change chart for KLA (KLAC) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: +6.06pp
Operating Margin history table for KLA (KLAC) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 43.1% | +6.06pp | ||
| 2024 | 37.1% | -1.01pp | ||
| 2023 | 38.1% | -1.61pp | ||
| 2022 | 39.7% | +3.70pp | ||
| 2021 | 36.0% | +5.68pp | ||
| 2020 | 30.3% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2019 | 30.4% | -7.67pp | ||
| 2018 | 38.1% | +1.41pp | ||
| 2017 | 36.7% | +4.49pp | ||
| 2016 | 32.2% | +8.68pp | ||
| 2015 | 23.5% | -2.85pp | ||
| 2014 | 26.4% | +0.69pp | ||
| 2013 | 25.7% | -6.37pp | ||
| 2012 | 32.0% | -4.50pp | ||
| 2011 | 36.5% | +19.29pp | ||
| 2010 | 17.3% | +55.27pp | ||
| 2009 | -38.0% | -57.82pp | ||
| 2008 | 19.8% | -1.79pp | ||
| 2007 | 21.6% | +6.64pp | ||
| 2006 | 15.0% | -12.98pp | ||
| 2005 | 27.9% | +8.07pp | ||
| 2004 | 19.9% | +9.38pp | ||
| 2003 | 10.5% | -4.47pp | ||
| 2002 | 15.0% | -6.84pp | ||
| 2001 | 21.8% | +1.01pp | ||
| 2000 | 20.8% | +22.01pp | ||
| 1999 | -1.2% | -15.33pp | ||
| 1998 | 14.1% | -0.02pp | ||
| 1997 | 14.1% | -11.41pp | ||
| 1996 | 25.5% | +1.29pp | ||
| 1995 | 24.3% | +7.80pp | ||
| 1994 | 16.5% | +9.64pp | ||
| 1993 | 6.8% | +15.54pp | ||
| 1992 | -8.7% | -12.09pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.4% | -4.31pp | ||
| 1990 | 7.7% | -3.25pp | ||
| 1989 | 10.9% | +0.13pp | ||
| 1988 | 10.8% | -0.53pp | ||
| 1987 | 11.3% | -6.12pp | ||
| 1986 | 17.5% | — |
- 202543.1%+6.06pp
- 202437.1%-1.01pp
- 202338.1%-1.61pp
- 202239.7%+3.70pp
- 202136.0%+5.68pp
- 202030.3%-0.12pp
- 201930.4%-7.67pp
- 201838.1%+1.41pp
- 201736.7%+4.49pp
- 201632.2%+8.68pp
- 201523.5%-2.85pp
- 201426.4%+0.69pp
- 201325.7%-6.37pp
- 201232.0%-4.50pp
- 201136.5%+19.29pp
- 201017.3%+55.27pp
- 2009-38.0%-57.82pp
- 200819.8%-1.79pp
- 200721.6%+6.64pp
- 200615.0%-12.98pp
- 200527.9%+8.07pp
- 200419.9%+9.38pp
- 200310.5%-4.47pp
- 200215.0%-6.84pp
- 200121.8%+1.01pp
- 200020.8%+22.01pp
- 1999-1.2%-15.33pp
- 199814.1%-0.02pp
- 199714.1%-11.41pp
- 199625.5%+1.29pp
- 199524.3%+7.80pp
- 199416.5%+9.64pp
- 19936.8%+15.54pp
- 1992-8.7%-12.09pp
- 19913.4%-4.31pp
- 19907.7%-3.25pp
- 198910.9%+0.13pp
- 198810.8%-0.53pp
- 198711.3%-6.12pp
- 198617.5%—
Operating Margin values are taken from KLA's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at KLA (KLAC)
According to KLA's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 42.1%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, KLA (KLAC) operating margin totalled 43.11% – expanded 6.1 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 43.11% in 2025 and its low of -38.02% in 2009.
KLA Operating Margin by Year
KLA Operating Margin 2025: 43.1%
2025's operating margin for KLA came in at 43.11%, expanded 6.1 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
KLA Operating Margin 2024: 37.1%
KLA posted operating margin of 37.05% in 2024, contracted 1.0 percentage points from 2023.
KLA Operating Margin 2023: 38.1%
In 2023, KLA reported operating margin of 38.06%, contracted 1.6 percentage points from 2022.
KLA Operating Margin 2022: 39.7%
KLA operating margin in 2022 was 39.67%, expanded 3.7 percentage points from 2021.
KLA Operating Margin 2021: 36.0%
KLA operating margin in 2021 was 35.97%.
See more financial history for KLA (KLAC).
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