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KLA vs Qnity
KLA vs Qnity: which one is bigger, grows faster and keeps more of each dollar of revenue?
KLA earns 2.9× Qnity’s revenue
Method and sources
- Revenue growth (1 year): KLA 11.7% (FY2026), Qnity 9.7% (FY2025)
- Gross margin: KLA 61.3% (FY2026), Qnity 46.2% (FY2025)
- FCF margin: KLA 27.7% (FY2026), Qnity 20.8% (FY2025)
Latest fiscal year per company: KLA FY2026, Qnity FY2025. Fiscal years end on different dates, so years are not calendar-aligned.
Both report in USD. Amounts are as filed, not converted.
Why this pair: same peer group, revenue within 4x in the same currency. Peer groups are curated by hand from each company's business as described in its own 10-K/20-F (what it sells, not its SIC code). A company can sit in more than one group. Within a group, a pair is listed when both companies report in the same currency and the larger company's latest fiscal-year revenue is at most 4x the smaller one's; each company keeps its 4 nearest peers by revenue ratio. Companies reporting in different currencies are never size-matched (amounts are not converted); a short list of obvious same-industry pairs across currencies is added by hand, with the reason, as are two direct competitor pairs outside the size rule (AMD vs NVIDIA, Intel vs NVIDIA).
Derived = calculated by Hollsteen from reported SEC values; reported = as tagged in the filing. SEC filings only, no market data.
Side by side: all values with filing links
| Metric | KLA FY2026 | Qnity FY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.6B10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | $4.8B10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
| Revenue growth (1 year) | 11.7% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | 9.7% derived10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
| Revenue growth (3-year CAGR) | 9.0% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | n/a |
| Gross margin | 61.3% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | 46.2% derived10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
| Net margin | 35.6% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | n/a |
| Free cash flow | $3.8B derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | $988M derived10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
| FCF margin | 27.7% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | 20.8% derived10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 11.3% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | 7.4% derived10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
| Stock-based compensation as % of revenue | 2.3% derived10-K · Aug 6, 2026 | 0.4% derived10-K · Feb 26, 2026 |
Definitions: Revenue = Total revenue; Revenue growth (1 year) = Revenue FYt ÷ revenue FYt−1 − 1; Revenue growth (3-year CAGR) = (Revenue FYt ÷ revenue FYt−3)^(1/3) − 1; Gross margin = Gross profit ÷ revenue; Net margin = Net income ÷ revenue; Free cash flow = Operating cash flow − capital expenditures (one formula for all companies); FCF margin = Free cash flow ÷ revenue; R&D as % of revenue = Research and development expense ÷ revenue; Stock-based compensation as % of revenue = Stock-based compensation ÷ revenue.
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