KLAC · Verdict
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A summary of rules, not a profit forecast — don’t buy just because of a green verdict.
🟡 Valuation- ▲ Forward P/E 22.5 is below the current one — earnings growth expected
🟢 Quality- ▲ ROE 91% — high return on equity
- ▲ Net margin rose: 32.3% → 35.6%
- ▲ Debt / equity 0.97 — moderate debt
- ▲ Free cash flow positive every year
🟢 Growth- ▲ Revenue grows 14.4% per year (5 y)
- ▲ Earnings per share grows 22.3% per year (5 y)
- ▲ Analysts raised the earnings forecast by +5.4% in 90 days
🔴 Trend- ▼ Over 6 mo weaker than its sector (XLK) by 22%
- ▼ Price below SMA200 — long-term downtrend
- ▼ SMA50 below SMA200 — trend down
- ▲ Over a year +30% vs S&P 500 +11% — stronger than the market
🔴 Risk · context, does not vote- ▼ Volatility 61% per year — much higher than the market (13%)
- ▼ Max drawdown in the period -52% — deep
🟢 Sentiment- ▲ Consensus of 26 analysts — buy
- ▲ Mean analyst target +40% from the current price
- ▲ Insiders buying over 6 mo
🟢 Market · context, does not vote- ▲ S&P 500 above SMA200 — the market is in an uptrend
- ▲ Sector (XLK) above SMA200 — in an uptrend
The PWA verdict uses less data than the full version: without the history of multiples and peers, F-score, Altman, interest coverage, dividend streak and expected earnings move.