Financing
Tax on Share Settlement
KLA Corporation Tax on Share Settlement decreased by 93.0% to $5.72M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 58.5%, from $3.61M to $5.72M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Tax on Share Settlement shows an upward trend with a 23.9% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryEfficiency
SignalLower is better
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
Increases generally track with rising stock prices or larger employee equity grants, reflecting the cost of maintaining a share-based incentive program.
Detailed definition
Cash outflows related to the withholding of taxes on behalf of employees during the settlement of share-based compensati...
Peer comparison
Common in Silicon Valley and high-growth tech firms where equity is a primary component of total compensation.
Metric ID:
cf_taxes_paid_for_sharesHistorical Data
19 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $13.54M | $46.53M | $5.76M | $16.66M | $15.42M | $54.95M | $2.60M | $16.15M | $21.10M | $68.24M | $3.01M | $24.27M | $47.51M | $72.25M | $3.61M | $2.68M | $54.13M | $81.12M | $5.72M |
| QoQ Change | — | +243.6% | -87.6% | +189.5% | -7.4% | +256.3% | -95.3% | +521.8% | +30.6% | +223.4% | -95.6% | +707.8% | +95.7% | +52.1% | -95.0% | -25.7% | >999% | +49.9% | -93.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +13.9% | +18.1% | -54.9% | -3.0% | +36.8% | +24.2% | +15.7% | +50.3% | +125.1% | +5.9% | +20.1% | -89.0% | +13.9% | +12.3% | +58.5% |
Range$2.60M – $81.12M
CAGR-17.4%
Avg YoY Growth+16.5%
Median YoY Growth+15.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is KLA Corporation's tax on share settlement?
- KLA Corporation (KLAC) reported tax on share settlement of $5.72M in Q4 2025.
- How has KLA Corporation's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?
- KLA Corporation's tax on share settlement increased by 58.5% year-over-year, from $3.61M to $5.72M.
- What is the long-term trend for KLA Corporation's tax on share settlement?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), KLA Corporation's tax on share settlement has grown at a 23.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $56.36M to $132.66M.
- What does tax on share settlement mean?
- The cash a company pays to the government to cover taxes on employee stock bonuses.