Which is more profitable, Applied Materials or KLA?

KLA keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Applied Materials or KLA?

KLA grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Applied Materials or KLA?

KLA costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Applied Materials or KLA?

Applied Materials would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Applied Materials vs KLA stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Applied Materials has less debt. KLA is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Applied Materials	KLA
	$294 billion	$198 billion
	24.7%	35.6%
	+10.5%	+14.4%
	42.0×	41.1×
	Net cash	0.7 years
	28.1%	38.2%
	0.4%	0.4%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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