Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

KLA Corp. (NASDAQ:KLAC)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

KLA Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jun 30, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020
Net income 1,363,059 1,200,990 1,145,682 1,121,040 1,202,849 1,088,416 824,527 945,851 836,446 601,541 582,534 741,375 684,654 697,837 978,795 1,026,065 805,398 730,660 717,517 1,068,485 633,058 567,170 456,983 420,142
Impairment of goodwill and purchased intangible assets 239,100 70,474 219,000 749 9,156 5,962 (23) 865
Depreciation and amortization 98,606 99,088 99,268 97,016 96,252 98,091 103,922 95,823 101,001 99,263 99,063 102,403 104,813 104,854 103,508 101,938 100,848 92,127 85,545 84,824 84,647 84,365 84,257 80,066
Loss on extinguishment of debt 13,286
Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss and other 6,343 (14,000) 2,304 12,078 (8,648) 4,558 11,346 7,718 4,214 7,629 (34,346) 9,970 17,602 (16,531) (20,679) 1,783 31,862 (7,059) 6,089 15,639 (6,102) 5,231 (5,663) (12,907)
Asset impairment charges 11,307
Disposal of non-controlling interest 8,270
Stock-based compensation expense 82,104 83,938 73,947 70,182 71,269 70,201 61,841 61,700 58,621 56,682 48,620 48,772 49,907 48,130 38,405 34,982 36,849 37,087 27,766 25,216 27,690 30,327 26,827 26,992
Net gain on sale of assets (683) (161)
Gain on sale of business (29,687) (4,422)
Deferred income taxes 105,049 15,089 (31,728) (10,615) (60,482) (35,437) (68,976) (81,682) (30,634) 11,886 (65,158) (71,322) 23,567 (66,596) (98,890) (156,226) 53,474 (11,747) 56,742 (427,970) (4,787) (151) (24,540) (14,967)
Gain on fair value adjustment of marketable equity securities (26,719)
Settlement of treasury lock agreement 415 82,799
Accounts receivable (586,459) (233,948) 191,158 (12,575) (67,608) 185,975 (394,604) (91,660) (221,958) 194,311 (160,265) 107,018 105,096 342,090 (440,647) (55,073) (192,055) 126,414 (264,331) (180,354) (102,021) 16,055 (190,189) 73,000
Inventories (212,304) (159,135) 1,214 (95,738) (48,519) (112,283) 64,958 (59,326) (32,843) 28,359 (21,189) (138,419) (144,654) (211,216) (127,647) (265,530) (170,600) (156,513) (101,701) (138,189) (123,725) (34,169) (26,215) (85,991)
Other assets (423,291) (63,783) (65,267) 50,921 (86,564) 14,309 (90,845) 152,641 (65,884) (111,233) (104,872) (7,520) (90,591) (60,973) (15,091) 45,637 (193,341) (25,972) (2,430) 4,673 (63,738) (20,700) (31,850) 20,070
Accounts payable 107,788 93,276 (5,027) (23,680) (8,601) (12,227) 67,080 (12,463) 24,177 (10,238) 2,692 8,345 (105,844) (119,606) 44,317 36,472 19,256 41,797 (1,289) 41,868 48,414 32,735 8,039 (9,822)
Deferred system revenue 312,062 (237,250) 39,285 1,974 (51,515) (204,221) 195,357 (108,648) (8,613) 110,442 218,250 14,057 117,928 (1,765) 95,079 (60,492) 72,246 (4,734) 112,387 33,469 (40,899) 57,820 21,038 (82,633)
Deferred service revenue 14,172 (41,737) (22,082) (4,970) 35,850 5,820 22,927 35,863 74,096 54,288 68,821 5,901 52,672 5,332 42,630 (12,411) 48,502 47,748 28,556 4,912 35,769 11,507 2,215 (3,646)
Other liabilities 39,301 (34,394) (61,147) (44,042) 90,708 (31,043) (186,957) 49,421 142,685 (203,841) (230,908) 63,160 143,965 289,299 87,761 313,375 123,991 (50,930) 145,947 325,262 4,037 (99,595) 240,179 101,002
Changes in assets and liabilities (748,731) (676,971) 78,134 (128,110) (136,249) (153,670) (322,084) (34,172) (88,340) 62,088 (227,471) 52,542 78,572 243,161 (313,598) 1,978 (292,001) (22,190) (82,861) 91,641 (242,163) (36,347) 23,217 11,980
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (456,629) (493,539) 221,925 40,551 (37,858) (16,257) 24,988 49,387 56,169 308,437 39,708 142,365 274,461 313,018 (290,505) (14,520) 13,831 88,218 93,281 (204,688) (167,434) 78,980 104,098 92,029
Net cash provided by operating activities 906,430 707,451 1,367,607 1,161,591 1,164,991 1,072,159 849,515 995,238 892,615 909,978 622,242 883,740 959,115 1,010,855 688,290 1,011,545 819,229 818,878 810,798 863,797 465,624 646,150 561,081 512,171
Net proceeds from sale of business 75,358 16,833
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired (3,682) (27,144) (8,226) (432,901) (37,986)
Capital expenditures (89,288) (85,187) (105,576) (95,894) (100,408) (82,135) (92,323) (60,393) (60,745) (71,793) (76,801) (68,045) (78,683) (84,914) (93,642) (84,352) (73,160) (100,304) (64,901) (68,955) (55,376) (61,183) (59,144) (55,925)
Proceeds from capital-related government assistance 15,241 1,541 5,948 315
Purchases of available-for-sale and equity securities (860,407) (1,039,202) (861,613) (949,871) (748,014) (697,596) (489,033) (837,935) (602,081) (1,172,264) (451,800) (530,842) (481,096) (402,672) (301,372) (256,793) (254,274) (207,546) (261,840) (264,000) (223,620) (303,076) (260,227) (231,821)
Proceeds from maturity and sale of available-for-sale securities 780,717 639,625 840,909 632,795 522,875 471,556 1,193,757 727,247 525,595 398,530 434,380 209,132 484,898 383,758 152,073 238,073 281,904 178,437 220,377 193,368 182,991 174,082 221,055 149,084
Purchases of trading securities (35,233) (48,919) (23,944) (156,864) (30,013) (53,418) (17,276) (17,581) (21,635) (46,456) (16,049) (49,958) (18,852) (40,176) (18,071) (19,512) (19,912) (43,000) (35,446) (22,896) (24,001) (48,495) (16,741) (18,630)
Proceeds from sale of trading securities 31,094 36,924 22,301 158,305 26,367 43,341 18,420 17,623 18,644 37,619 16,715 48,042 19,249 30,797 19,607 19,875 20,616 35,820 34,751 25,163 26,402 45,251 18,424 21,244
Other, net 2,451 (2,100) (1,866) 161 1,430 5,079 1,020 27,658 795 741 1,728
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (173,117) (494,308) (112,682) (409,988) (325,345) (319,803) 613,706 (171,039) (138,792) (858,046) (88,476) (391,671) (74,484) (113,207) (241,405) (53,475) (25,394) (569,494) (106,264) (175,306) (93,604) (176,588) (95,892) (134,320)
Payment of debt issuance costs (6,515)
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs (1,602) 735,043 2,967,409 40,343
Proceeds from revolving credit facility 300,000 275,000 300,000 300,000
Repayment of debt (750,000) (225,000) (200,000) (662,250) (275,000) (45,000) (300,000) (20,000) (50,000)
Common stock repurchases (570,997) (625,955) (547,750) (545,067) (425,697) (506,745) (650,121) (567,383) (470,266) (372,251) (437,817) (455,412) (388,825) (478,186) (355,007) (89,846) (2,573,589) (564,666) (429,874) (399,677) (299,777) (273,441) (177,492) (187,897)
Forward contract for accelerated share repurchases (900,000)
Payment of dividends to stockholders (305,334) (248,836) (249,654) (254,008) (253,965) (225,774) (226,776) (198,079) (197,521) (197,154) (196,859) (181,507) (179,510) (180,854) (184,208) (187,984) (157,602) (158,976) (159,129) (162,821) (139,267) (139,338) (139,584) (141,164)
Payment of dividends to subsidiary’s non-controlling interest holders (602)
Issuance of common stock 113,030 1 55,542 103,976 47,538 96,501 48,433 90,939 33,793 115 76,102 36,912 59,742 26,356
Tax withholding payments related to vested and released restricted stock units (113,775) (4,362) (5,717) (81,122) (54,127) (2,680) (3,608) (72,246) (47,508) (24,274) (3,005) (68,237) (21,102) (16,154) (2,598) (54,952) (15,423) (16,661) (5,755) (46,532) (13,543) (6,674) (11,000) (25,145)
Contingent consideration payable and other, net (67) (2,440) (1,676) (12,823) (2,527) (2,500) (21) (1,100)
Purchase of non-controlling interest (4,295)
Net cash used in financing activities (877,076) (879,152) (747,579) (881,799) (629,813) (735,199) (1,582,967) (837,708) (618,861) 138,924 (590,924) (705,156) (511,321) (902,721) (710,520) (705,727) (603,726) (486,403) (557,846) (609,030) (392,845) (439,453) (261,377) (404,206)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 6,595 895 (1,433) (2,501) 11,053 2,587 (19,178) 13,582 (6,000) (7,743) 10,642 (3,208) (13,958) 2,109 15,832 (17,971) (20,373) (4,866) 805 (4,507) 3,285 (9,425) 11,834 7,766
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (137,168) (665,114) 505,913 (132,697) 220,886 19,744 (138,924) 73 128,962 183,113 (46,516) (216,295) 359,352 (2,964) (247,803) 234,372 169,736 (241,885) 147,493 74,954 (17,540) 20,684 215,646 (18,589)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30).


Operating performance exhibits a consistent long-term growth trajectory, with net income rising from 420,142 thousand US$ in September 2020 to 1,363,059 thousand US$ by June 2026. This growth is mirrored in the net cash provided by operating activities, which generally trended upward from 512,171 thousand US$ in the initial period to 906,430 thousand US$ in the final quarter. The relationship between net income and operating cash flow suggests a high quality of earnings, as cash generation from operations frequently supports or exceeds bottom-line profits.

Operating Cash Flow Drivers
The reconciliation of net income to operating cash flow is primarily driven by non-cash expenses, specifically depreciation and amortization, which remained relatively stable between 80,000 and 105,000 thousand US$ per quarter. Stock-based compensation expense showed a significant increase over the period, growing from approximately 27,000 thousand US$ in 2020 to over 82,000 thousand US$ by 2026. Working capital fluctuations, particularly in accounts receivable and deferred revenue, introduced periodic volatility into the quarterly cash flows.
Investment Strategy and Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditures have been maintained at a steady pace, typically ranging between 60,000 and 100,000 thousand US$ per quarter, indicating consistent reinvestment in infrastructure. A significant investment event occurred in March 2022, with business acquisitions totaling 432,901 thousand US$. The company also maintains a highly active portfolio of available-for-sale and trading securities, characterized by large-scale quarterly purchases and subsequent proceeds from maturities, which serve as a primary mechanism for liquidity management.
Shareholder Returns and Financing
Financing activities are dominated by an aggressive shareholder return policy. Common stock repurchases are a recurring and substantial cash outflow, with a notable peak of 2,573,589 thousand US$ in June 2022. Dividend payments have increased steadily from approximately 140,000 thousand US$ per quarter in 2020 to 305,334 thousand US$ by June 2026. These returns are funded through a combination of operating cash flow and strategic debt issuance, such as the 2,967,409 thousand US$ in debt proceeds recorded in June 2022.
Liquidity and Balance Sheet Adjustments
Cash and cash equivalents exhibit high quarterly volatility due to the timing of large-scale share buybacks and securities transactions. The net increase or decrease in cash varies significantly, often reflecting the timing of debt repayments and the realization of gains or losses from marketable equity securities. The use of revolving credit facilities is observed periodically to bridge short-term liquidity needs during quarters of intense capital allocation.

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