KLA forward PE KLAC

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1994.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 26.2×
10-year median: 16.8×
Against its 10-year history: 85th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.7× to 51.8×
Peer median: 23.3×

KLA's forward PE is 26.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 16.8×, higher than on 85% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.7× in Mar 2020 to 51.8× in Jun 2026.

The median for 10 semiconductor stocks of a similar size is 23.3×.

Forward PE over time

median 16.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	26.2×	26.2×	51.8×
2025	32.1×	16.9×	32.3×
2024	19.5×	18.6×	29.5×
2023	24.1×	17.1×	24.3×
2022	16.6×	11.2×	20.2×
2021	19.5×	15.6×	20.1×
2020	16.9×	10.7×	17.8×
2019	17.7×	11.7×	17.9×
2018	11.7×	11.3×	16.4×
2017	14.1×	12.7×	16.4×
2016	13.7×	12.8×	16.7×
2015	17.3×	12.8×	26.9×
2014	27.5×	20.0×	32.8×
2013	20.5×	16.5×	20.7×
2012	16.8×	12.9×	17.3×
2011	13.4×	8.2×	13.6×
2010	8.4×	6.9×	20.8×
2009	20.3×	17.9×	59.4×
2008	54.2×	19.5×	55.8×
2007	22.8×	16.1×	24.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Semiconductors nearest KLA's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
KLACKLA	26.2×
ADIAnalog Devices	24.1×
QCOMQUALCOMM	19.0×
MRVLMarvell Technology	40.3×
TXNTexas Instruments	27.0×
LRCXLam Research	22.6×
AMATApplied Materials	21.3×
INTCIntel	50.0×
TELTE Connectivity	16.5×
NXPINXP Semiconductors	14.1×
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems	35.1×
Peer median	23.3×

Where KLA ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.