Photronics, Inc (NASDAQ: PLAB) on Friday, plunged -9.05% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $23.99. Within the past 52 weeks, PLAB’s price has moved between $16.46 and $31.60.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Technology Sector giant was 36.44%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -8.29%. With a float of $56.51 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.59 million.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 92.38%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 07 ’25, was worth 125,200. In this transaction Director of this company sold 5,000 shares at a rate of $25.04, taking the stock ownership to the 51,927 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 06 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 10,000 for $25.33, making the entire transaction worth $253,300. This insider now owns 513,350 shares in total.
Photronics, Inc (PLAB) Recent Fiscal highlights
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 1.50. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.95.
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.
