Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) kicked off on Friday, down -8.47% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $39.67. Over the past 52 weeks, PLAB has traded in a range of $16.46-$39.67.
Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 34.57%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 4.73%. With a float of $56.35 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $59.00 million.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. The insider ownership of Photronics, Inc is 4.17%, while institutional ownership is 91.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 12 ’25, was worth 894,509. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 5,000 for $36.17, making the entire transaction worth $180,850.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 1/31/2025, the organization reported 0.52 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.47) by 0.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.5 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.73% per share during the next fiscal year.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Photronics, Inc’s (PLAB) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 4.99. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.52. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 35.91.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.29, a number that is poised to hit 0.52 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.31 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Photronics, Inc (PLAB)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.76 million, its volume of 5.1 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 91.52%.
During the past 100 days, Photronics, Inc’s (PLAB) raw stochastic average was set at 83.09%, which indicates a significant increase from 81.31% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.53 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.90 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $23.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $21.20. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $38.84 in the near term. At $41.37, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $42.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $34.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $33.16. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $30.63.
Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 2.14 billion has total of 59,005K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 866,950 K in contrast with the sum of 130,690 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 210,390 K and last quarter income was 22,890 K.
