KLAC · CIK 0000319201 · FY2026 live · 2026-06-30

KLA CORP

GreyLeft distress vs prior FYSEC 10-KClassic ZIndustrials79th percentile in Industrials · 430 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

2.94

Zone

Grey

vs FY2025

+1.25

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

2.94

Z″ 6.29

−21.83.08+

Score 2.94 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.
0.45
1.2 × = 0.54
X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
0.21
1.4 × = 0.29
X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.
0.31
3.3 × = 1.03
X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.
0.55
0.6 × = 0.33
X5 Sales / assets
Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.
0.76
1 × = 0.76

Five-year path

Z plus liquidity (working capital / assets) and earnings (EBIT / assets) over the last 5 annual filings.

Meridian Rank

84.40

0–100 · Classic Z family

Book standing
79
Year change
88
Market PD
—
O-score
94

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

Exited distress
high · 77
- Zone: Distress → Grey
- Live score: 1.69 → 2.94
- Meridian Rank: 84.13 → 84.40

Overview

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KLA CORP is on classic Z at 2.94 (grey) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. EBIT / assets is the line that sets the print; sales / assets is the runner-up. It left distress into grey (+1.25 versus FY2025 1.69). No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers; buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers, and X4 is book equity, not market cap.

Book screen Grey; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 79th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$12.4B

Total assets

$18.0B

Current liabilities

$4.3B

Total liabilities

$11.6B

Working capital

$8.1B

Retained earnings

$3.7B

EBIT

$5.6B

Total sales

$13.6B

Book equity

$6.3B

Accession 0000319201-26-000027. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-06-30). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.