Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) on Tuesday, plunged -7.07% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $25.05. Within the past 52 weeks, PLAB’s price has moved between $16.46 and $31.60.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 36.44%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -8.29%. With a float of $56.47 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.59 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 1878 workers is very important to gauge.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Photronics, Inc is 4.29%, while institutional ownership is 92.45%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 07 ’25, was worth 125,200. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 02 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 42,750 for $24.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,026,000. This insider now owns 33,798 shares in total.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Performance Highlights and Predictions
As on 10/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 0.52) by 0.07. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.45 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -8.29% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.28% during the next five years compared to 36.44% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Trading Performance Indicators
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 4.62 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 1.60. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.28.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.77, a number that is poised to hit 0.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.01 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 1.17 million was superior to 0.67 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 59.02%.
During the past 100 days, Photronics, Inc’s (PLAB) raw stochastic average was set at 75.00%, which indicates a significant increase from 24.92% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.85 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.65 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $22.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $21.01. Now, the first resistance to watch is $24.71. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $26.13. The third major resistance level sits at $26.89. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $22.52, it is likely to go to the next support level at $21.76. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $20.33.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 1.37 billion based on 59,005K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 866,950 K and income totals 130,690 K. The company made 210,390 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 22,890 K in sales during its previous quarter.
