Investors must take note of Photronics, Inc’s (PLAB) performance last week, which was 7.29%.

Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) on Tuesday, soared 6.81% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $19.83. Within the past 52 weeks, PLAB’s price has moved between $16.46 and $31.60.

Annual sales at Technology sector company grew by 36.44% over the past five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -16.26%. With a float of $57.64 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $58.71 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 1878 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.29%, operating margin of 25.2%, and the pretax margin is 26.17%.

Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Observing investor behavior towards Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Photronics, Inc is 4.17%, while institutional ownership is 94.61%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 28 ’25, was worth 210,717. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 10 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 15,000 for $19.97, making the entire transaction worth $299,550. This insider now owns 56,927 shares in total.

Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Latest Financial update

As on 7/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 0.56) by -0.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.42 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -16.26% per share during the next fiscal year.

Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Trading Performance Indicators

Photronics, Inc (PLAB) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 4.76 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.49. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.16.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.92, a number that is poised to hit 0.38 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.98 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Photronics, Inc (PLAB)

Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) saw its 5-day average volume 0.44 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.63 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 49.10%.

During the past 100 days, Photronics, Inc’s (PLAB) raw stochastic average was set at 87.57%, which indicates a significant increase from 75.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.72 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.62 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $19.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $21.38. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $21.64 in the near term. At $22.09, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $22.99. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $20.29, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.39. The third support level lies at $18.94 if the price breaches the second support level.

Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 1.27 billion based on 60,151K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 866,950 K and income totals 130,690 K. The company made 210,990 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 8,860 K in sales during its previous quarter.