---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000319201-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLAC"
cik: "0000319201"
company_name: "KLA CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T17:36:17.202494+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KLA reports Q4 revenue $2.57B and EPS $6.18 GAAP, $6.60 non-GAAP; guides Q1 above expectations

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $2.569B (upper end of $2.5B +/- $125M guide); GAAP EPS $6.18, non-GAAP $6.60 (above midpoints).
- FY2024 revenue $9.81B, GAAP net income $2.76B, diluted EPS $20.28.
- Q4 operating cash flow $892.6M, free cash flow $831.9M; FY capital returns $2.51B.
- Q1 FY2025 guidance: revenue $2.75B +/- $150M, non-GAAP EPS $7.00 +/- $0.60, GAAP EPS $6.69 +/- $0.60.
- CEO: early signs of market strengthening; confident in steady improvement into 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000319201-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLAC
- cik: 0000319201
- company_name: KLA CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920124000018/0000319201-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920124000018/klac-20240724.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000319201-24-000018.txt

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