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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.

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

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2026 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 1,548,588 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 97,424 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 (6,872) 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 84,073 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 (27,093) 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 (179,196) (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 (433,839) (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 176,890 (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 116,666 107,788 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 (89,893) 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 22,556 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 221,635 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 (165,181) (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 (17,649) (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 1,530,939 906,430 707,451 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 (194,756) (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 435 — — 15,241 1,541 5,948 315 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchases of available-for-sale and equity securities (701,246) (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 716,202 780,717 639,625 840,909 632,795 522,875 471,556 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 (36,801) (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 38,228 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 (177,938) (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 — — — — (1,602) — — — — — — — — — — — (6,515) — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs — — — — — — — — — — 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 (935,776) (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 (305,145) (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 (238,682) (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 (1,479,603) (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 8,710 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 (117,892) (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-Q (reporting date: 2026-09-30), 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).


Cash flow patterns demonstrate a sustained expansion in operational profitability and a consistent strategy of aggressive capital return to shareholders. Net income exhibited a long-term upward trajectory, growing from 420 million in September 2020 to over 1.5 billion by September 2026, despite periodic fluctuations. Net cash provided by operating activities generally mirrored this growth, peaking at approximately 1.53 billion in the final quarter of the observed period, indicating a strong conversion of earnings into liquid cash.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Operating cash flows remained robustly positive throughout the period. This stability was supported by consistent non-cash adjustments, specifically depreciation and amortization, which grew from approximately 80 million per quarter in 2020 to nearly 100 million by 2026. Stock-based compensation expenses also trended upward, increasing from approximately 27 million to 84 million over the same timeframe. Volatility in operating cash was primarily driven by significant swings in working capital, particularly within accounts receivable and deferred system revenue, which reflected the cyclical nature of large-scale equipment deliveries and payment schedules.
Investing Activities and Capital Deployment
Investing activities were consistently characterized by net cash outflows, reflecting a dual strategy of infrastructure investment and portfolio management. Capital expenditures showed a gradual increase, rising from roughly 56 million in September 2020 to a peak of 194.7 million in September 2026, suggesting expanded capacity or technological upgrades. Additionally, there was substantial activity in marketable securities; purchases of available-for-sale and equity securities frequently exceeded 500 million per quarter in later years, partially offset by significant proceeds from the maturity and sale of these securities.
Financing Activities and Shareholder Returns
Financing activities were dominated by a consistent commitment to returning capital to shareholders. Dividend payments grew steadily from approximately 141 million per quarter in 2020 to over 305 million by 2026. Common stock repurchases represented the most significant cash outflow in this category, characterized by high variability and periodic surges, including a substantial expenditure of 2.57 billion in June 2022. Debt management remained active, with periodic issuances of debt and revolving credit facility draws used to manage liquidity during periods of high share repurchase activity or strategic investment.

The overall financial profile is one of high cash generation utilized to fund both internal growth and external shareholder distributions. While the company periodically experienced net decreases in cash and cash equivalents due to the scale of buybacks and security purchases, the underlying operating cash flow remained sufficient to sustain these activities. The trend indicates a transition toward higher absolute levels of both profitability and capital expenditure as the company scaled its operations toward 2026.

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