---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000319201-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLAC"
cik: "0000319201"
company_name: "KLA CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:38:30.587305+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KLA reports record Q2 revenue $3.30B, GAAP EPS $8.68, above guidance

## Summary
- Total revenues $3.30B, above midpoint of $3.225B guidance; GAAP diluted EPS $8.68, non-GAAP $8.85.
- Q2 FY2026 GAAP net income $1.146B; non-GAAP net income $1.168B.
- Operating cash flow $1.37B for quarter, free cash flow $1.26B; capital returns $797.4M.
- Q3 FY2026 guidance: revenue $3.35B +/- $150M; GAAP EPS $8.85 +/- $0.78; non-GAAP EPS $9.08 +/- $0.78.
- CEO cites record performance driven by AI infrastructure buildout across foundry/logic, memory, advanced packaging.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000319201-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLAC
- cik: 0000319201
- company_name: KLA CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920126000006/0000319201-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920126000006/klac-20260129.htm

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