As on Thursday, Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) started slowly as it slid -4.14% to $21.52, before settling in for the price of $22.45 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, PLAB posted a 52-week range of $16.46-$31.60.
The Technology Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 36.44%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 36.44%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -8.29%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $57.59 million, simultaneously with a float of $56.53 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $1.27 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $23.41, while the 200-day Moving Average is $20.93.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry. Photronics, Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 4.19%, in contrast to 93.38% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Oct 07 ’25, this organization’s Director sold 5,000 shares at the rate of 25.04, making the entire transaction reach 125,200 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 51,927. Preceding that transaction, on Oct 06 ’25, Company’s Director sold 10,000 for 25.33, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 253,300. This particular insider is now the holder of 513,350 in total.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.45 per share during the current fiscal year. Photronics, Inc’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -8.29% and is forecasted to reach 2.01 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 1.28% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 36.44% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Photronics, Inc (PLAB). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 4.62. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $12.19, and its Beta score is 1.54. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.48. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 19.67.
In the same vein, PLAB’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 1.77, a figure that is expected to reach 0.45 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.01 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Photronics, Inc (PLAB)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Photronics, Inc, PLAB], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.66 million was lower the volume of 0.67 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 29.09% While, its Average True Range was 36.35.
Raw Stochastic average of Photronics, Inc (PLAB) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 42.17%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 13.87% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 0.78 that was higher than 0.74 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
