On Friday, Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) was 3.23% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $21.03. A 52-week range for PLAB has been $19.61 – $31.60.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 9.84%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -2.44%. With a float of $61.04 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $63.56 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 1878 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.19%, operating margin of 25.05%, and the pretax margin is 31.39%.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Photronics, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Photronics, Inc is 3.96%, while institutional ownership is 90.97%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 05 ’25, was worth 209,000. In this transaction CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of this company sold 10,000 shares at a rate of $20.90, taking the stock ownership to the 552,100 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 10,000 for $20.90, making the entire transaction worth $209,000.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.48 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -2.44% per share during the next fiscal year.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Photronics, Inc (PLAB) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 5.31. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.60. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.86.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.35, a number that is poised to hit 0.48 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.25 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Photronics, Inc (PLAB)
The latest stats from [Photronics, Inc, PLAB] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.76 million was superior to 0.53 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 59.90%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.82.
During the past 100 days, Photronics, Inc’s (PLAB) raw stochastic average was set at 17.51%, which indicates a significant decrease from 59.61% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 40.01% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 37.37% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $22.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $24.19. Now, the first resistance to watch is $22.01. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $22.30. The third major resistance level sits at $22.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $21.17, it is likely to go to the next support level at $20.62. The third support level lies at $20.33 if the price breaches the second support level.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Key Stats
There are 63,560K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 1.38 billion. As of now, sales total 866,950 K while income totals 130,690 K. Its latest quarter income was 212,140 K while its last quarter net income were 42,850 K.
