KLA Corporation: dividend
Price
$152.32
November 13, 2026Market cap $199B
What Ploutos Investor adds for KLA
Part of Ploutos Investor, €9.99 a month
- The full history: 17 fiscal years, from FY2010
- The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
- The full analysis, 18 a month
- More questions to the chat on its filings
- Excel with every year
- An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys
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Yield
0.55%
$0.84 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $152.32.
Forward yield0.60%($0.23 a quarter)
- FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 3.7 times the dividend it paid.
- 3.7x
- Payout21% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
- 21%
- No cutWithout a cut since 2010, the first year of our figures: the run may be longer.
- 16+
- 5-year growthAverage yearly growth over the last five years.
- +17.3%
- Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
- 0.4x
The dividend year by year
What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.
- FY2026Dividend per share$0.80
- FY2025Dividend per share$0.68
- FY2024Dividend per share$0.57
| Year | Dividend per share | Change | Price | Yield then | As % of earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $0.80 | +18.5% | $301.71 | 0.27% | 22% |
| FY2025 | $0.68 | +19.5% | $89.57 | 0.75% | 22% |
| FY2024 | $0.57 | – | $82.45 | 0.69% | 28% |
Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.
The dividend year by year
KLAC's dividend per share each fiscal year, from FY2010 to FY2023, 14 more fiscal years
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Everything it returns to shareholders
The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.
Dividend yield
0.55%
$5.50 a year per $1,000 of shares
Buybacks
1.15%
$11.50 a year per $1,000 of shares
The share count fell by 1.0% over the year.
Total returned
1.70%
$17.00 a year per $1,000 of shares
dividend 32%buybacks 68%
KLAC beside the other dividend payers
Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Technology sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.
Above 11% of the payers · median 2.03%
In Technology: above 25%, median 1.01%.
Above 51% of the payers · median 3.6x
In Technology: above 43%, median 4.2x.
Above 95% of the payers · median +6.3%
In Technology: above 90%, median +7.8%.
Above 26% of the payers · median 35%
In Technology: above 42%, median 28%.
The full analysis
What do KLA's filings show?
The dividend is one part of KLA's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.
- A fair value range built from the filings
- Earnings quality, debt and red flags
- Insider and institutional moves
- The case for and the case against
What is KLAC's dividend yield?
KLA paid $0.84 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $152.32, that is a yield of 0.55%.
Does KLAC cover its dividend with the cash it makes?
Yes, over the last year. KLA's free cash flow was 3.7 times the dividend it paid.
Has KLAC ever cut its dividend?
KLA has not cut its dividend for 16+ years, in the 17 years of figures we hold.
How much has KLAC's dividend grown?
KLA's dividend per share changed by +17.3% a year on average over the last five years.
Related pages
The other pages on US stocks, free to read. On the company pages, the last three fiscal years are open to everyone, five with a free account, and every year with Ploutos Investor.
The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.