Is KLAC halal?
KLA Corporation
Halal
KLA Corporation passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
165.74
Day
-5.00%
Market cap
$237.28B
Industry
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Sector
Technology
What the company does
KLA makes inspection and metrology equipment for chip manufacturing, finding microscopic defects on wafers. Customers are TSMC, Samsung and Intel; its money comes from equipment sales and services.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $5.89B ÷ 36-month average market cap $142.68B = 4.1%
4.1%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $4.90B ÷ 36-month average market cap $142.68B = 3.4%
3.4%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $177.06M ÷ annual revenue $13.58B (2026) = 1.3%
1.3%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $237.28B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 45.1% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.34% weight · #48 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.35% · #42 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.58% · SPTE 0.57% · HLAL 0.55%
- Dividend
- 0.42% · purify 1.3% · net 0.42%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 2 superinvestors · Average reported price: $301.71
- Jensen Investment Management$238.5M5.8%
- Lee AinslieMaverick Capital$1.7M0.0%
Exited this quarter: Daniel Loeb
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