Photronics (PLAB) Stock Insights
PLAB$29.34+0.52 +1.80%
$1.73B
Market Cap
9.79
P/E
14.60
Forward P/E
68
Score
Photronics (PLAB) Stock Insights
PLAB price $29.34 +0.52 +1.80%
- Ticker
- PLAB
- Price
- $29.34
- Change
- +0.52 +1.80%
- Market cap ?
- $1.73B
- P/E ?
- 9.79
- Forward P/E ?
- 14.60
- Dividend yield ?
- 0.00%
- Beta ?
- 1.32
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Stocklytics score
- 68
- Value
- 81
- Quality
- 66
- Growth
- 58
Stocklytics score rationale: value 81, quality 66, growth 58.
Financials
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 483456000 | 450678000 | 535276000 | 550660000 | 609691000 | 663761000 | 824549000 | 892076000 | 866946000 | 849294000 |
Photronics, Inc., including its affiliated entities, operates as a global supplier focused on the production and distribution of photomask goods and associated services. The company's reach extends across the United States, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and China, serving international markets. These photomasks are vital for the manufacturing of integrated circuits (ICs) and flat panel displays (FPDs), enabling the precise…
Fair value
PLAB fair value $35.80. Price $29.34. Price is 18% below fair value.
Below fair value, around its usual discount.
Fair value is an estimate of what one share is worth if future cash flows arrive as modeled. It is not a forecast of the share price. How discounted cash flow works.
Calculated with a 10-year free-cash-flow discount. Starting free cash flow 170.19M. Growth 2.20%. When analyst earnings forecasts are available, free cash flow in those years is forecast earnings times the company's usual conversion of earnings into free cash flow, kept between 60% and 130%. Years with fewer than 3 analyst estimates are left out. Growth then fades in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10, starting from the last well-covered year's growth, or from the pace across those years when the final year slows sharply, kept between 0% and 20%. Without those forecasts, year-1 growth is analyst revenue growth for the next full fiscal year, or 5-year historical revenue growth when that forecast is missing, held for five years, then fading in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10. Terminal growth 3.00%. Discount rate 11.56% (beta 1.3). Beta is kept between 0.8 and 2.0, which on its own would make the discount rate 8.7% to 15.3%. The rate is then capped at 12%. A cap is used because a discount above 12% pushes higher-beta stocks further from the price. The discount rate stays at least 5 percentage points above terminal growth. Shares 59.00M. Net debt -486.30M. The earnings value is next-12-months earnings per share, or trailing earnings when that forecast is missing, times the median P/E of the company's industry. That median uses listed stocks worth at least $10 billion with a positive P/E of 100 or below, and the industry needs at least eight of them. Otherwise the sector median is used when that group also has at least eight, then the market median of those large companies. The multiple used is the lower of that median and 1.25 times the stock's own 10-year median P/E, then kept between 8 and 30. If the stock has no 10-year median, the peer median is kept between 8 and 30. Fair value is the average of the cash-flow value and the earnings value when both exist. Card and credit companies use the earnings value only, because changes in customer receivables distort free cash flow. Model uncertainty is high when fair value is more than 60% from the price, or when most of the cash-flow value sits after year 10.
Free cash flow adds back growth capex above depreciation.
Earnings
| Date | EPS actual | EPS estimate | Revenue | Revenue estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-12-09 | — | 0.44 | — | 216.95M |
| 2026-08-26 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 216.05M | 208.75M |
| 2026-05-28 | 0.42 | 0.53 | 209.94M | 216.47M |
| 2026-02-25 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 225.07M | 220.75M |
| 2025-12-10 | 0.60 | 0.45 | 215.77M | 205.19M |
| 2025-08-27 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 210.39M | 204.54M |
| 2025-05-28 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 210.99M | 220.00M |
| 2025-02-26 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 212.14M | 225.00M |
| 2024-12-11 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 222.63M | 218.00M |
| 2024-08-29 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 210.98M | 218.00M |
| 2024-05-22 | 0.46 | 0.55 | 217.00M | 225.00M |
| 2024-02-21 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 216.33M | 220.00M |
| 2023-12-13 | 0.72 | 0.53 | 227.47M | 224.00M |
| 2023-09-06 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 224.21M | 224.00M |
| 2023-05-24 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 229.31M | 211.00M |
| 2023-02-20 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 211.09M | 201.00M |
| 2022-12-13 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 210.27M | 210.00M |
| 2022-08-30 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 219.95M | 210.00M |
| 2022-05-25 | 0.49 | 0.35 | 204.51M | 192.37M |
| 2022-02-23 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 189.83M | 183.10M |
| 2021-12-08 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 181.29M | 183.10M |
| 2021-08-25 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 170.64M | 175.03M |
| 2021-05-26 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 159.76M | 158.27M |
| 2021-02-24 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 152.07M | 150.03M |
| 2020-12-09 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 149.29M | 199.05M |
| 2020-08-27 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 157.90M | 139.32M |
| 2020-05-27 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 142.77M | 199.88M |
| 2020-03-04 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 159.74M | 159.74M |
| 2019-12-11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 156.26M | 156.26M |
| 2019-08-20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 138.11M | 138.11M |
| 2019-05-22 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 131.58M | 104.68M |
| 2019-02-21 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 124.71M | 77.94M |
| 2018-12-12 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 144.66M | 136.62M |
| 2018-08-22 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 136.39M | 120.35M |
| 2018-05-22 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 130.78M | 104.06M |
| 2018-02-14 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 123.45M | 82.27M |
| 2017-11-29 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 120.97M | 90.75M |
| 2017-08-14 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 111.58M | 167.40M |
| 2017-05-17 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 108.30M | 180.50M |
| 2017-02-15 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 109.83M | 109.80M |
Dividends
Yield 0.00%. Payout ratio 0.00%. Frequency —.
Safety score 37/100 · Watch. Payout ratio is 0% of earnings. Free-cash-flow coverage is not available, so this part stays neutral. No dividend history was found. There is no dividend yield.
| Ex-date | Dividend | Record | Payment | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No data yet. | ||||
Insider trades
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 2.90K | $30.83 | 89.31K |
| 2026-10-01 | ZHANG RUI | Sell | 392 | $30.83 | 12.09K |
| 2026-09-29 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $30.75 | 307.50K |
| 2026-09-25 | Park Han Kyung | Sell | 9.50K | $30.37 | 288.51K |
| 2026-09-24 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 7.50K | $29.50 | 221.25K |
| 2026-09-22 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $29.70 | 297.00K |
| 2026-04-17 | ZHANG RUI | Sell | 4.56K | $46.70 | 212.77K |
| 2026-04-17 | Paladino Mary | Sell | 22.55K | $47.77 | 1.08M |
| 2026-04-16 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $46.05 | 460.50K |
| 2026-04-16 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $45.80 | 458.00K |
| 2026-04-15 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $45.10 | 451.00K |
| 2026-04-14 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Sell | 19.25K | $45.30 | 872.02K |
| 2026-04-14 | MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S | Sell | 50.00K | $45.35 | 2.27M |
| 2026-04-13 | TYSON MITCHELL G | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Garcia David A. | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Almeida Michelle | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Liao Daniel JL | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2026-04-13 | LEWIS ADAM M | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2026-04-13 | MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-13 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $45.00 | 225.00K |
| 2026-04-13 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-13 | Rivera Eric | Buy | 1.00K | $9.78 | 9.78K |
| 2026-04-13 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 1.00K | $44.77 | 44.77K |
| 2026-04-13 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 1.00K | $9.78 | 9.78K |
| 2026-04-09 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Sell | 11.88K | $44.25 | 525.47K |
| 2026-04-09 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 882 | $44.00 | 38.81K |
| 2026-04-09 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 40.63K | $44.00 | 1.79M |
| 2026-04-09 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-09 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $44.00 | 220.00K |
| 2026-04-09 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-08 | MACRICOSTAS GEORGE | Sell | 6.50K | $43.27 | 281.25K |
| 2026-04-08 | MACRICOSTAS GEORGE | Sell | 5.50K | $43.28 | 238.04K |
| 2026-04-08 | MACRICOSTAS GEORGE | Sell | 109.19K | $42.90 | 4.68M |
| 2026-04-08 | ZHANG RUI | Sell | 1.75K | $43.50 | 76.21K |
| 2026-04-08 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Sell | 10.00K | $42.69 | 426.90K |
| 2026-04-08 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $43.27 | 216.35K |
| 2026-04-06 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-06 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-06 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $40.53 | 202.65K |
| 2026-04-06 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $8.60 | 43.00K |
| 2026-04-02 | MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S | Sell | 37.00K | — | — |
| 2026-04-01 | MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S | Sell | 13.00K | — | — |
| 2026-04-01 | TYSON MITCHELL G | Sell | 10.00K | $42.31 | 423.10K |
| 2026-04-01 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Sell | 4.19K | $42.00 | 175.81K |
| 2026-04-01 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Sell | 4.10K | $42.14 | 172.77K |
| 2026-04-01 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Sell | 1.71K | $42.15 | 72.25K |
| 2026-04-01 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 5.00K | $10.75 | 53.75K |
| 2026-04-01 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $42.00 | 210.00K |
| 2026-04-01 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $10.75 | 53.75K |
| 2026-03-26 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 5.00K | $10.75 | 53.75K |
| 2026-03-26 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $40.80 | 204.00K |
| 2026-03-26 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 5.00K | $10.75 | 53.75K |
| 2026-03-23 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $39.00 | 390.00K |
| 2026-03-19 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $35.80 | 358.00K |
| 2026-02-09 | ZHANG RUI | Buy | 1.47K | — | — |
| 2026-02-09 | Alesio Todd Anthony | Buy | 983 | — | — |
| 2026-02-09 | Rivera Eric | Buy | 22.64K | — | — |
| 2026-01-20 | Liao Daniel JL | Buy | 1.23K | — | — |
| 2026-01-20 | Almeida Michelle | Buy | 1.23K | — | — |
| 2026-01-16 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $34.51 | 345.10K |
| 2026-01-16 | Park Han Kyung | Sell | 6.25K | $34.89 | 218.06K |
| 2026-01-15 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $34.13 | 341.30K |
| 2026-01-13 | Park Han Kyung | Sell | 7.50K | $33.70 | 252.75K |
| 2026-01-13 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $34.42 | 344.20K |
| 2026-01-12 | Alesio Todd Anthony | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2026-01-12 | ZHANG RUI | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2026-01-12 | Alesio Todd Anthony | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2026-01-12 | ZHANG RUI | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2026-01-12 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $33.05 | 330.50K |
| 2026-01-07 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $34.83 | 348.30K |
| 2026-01-06 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $35.41 | 354.10K |
| 2026-01-06 | Paladino Mary | Sell | 11.25K | $35.11 | 394.99K |
| 2026-01-06 | TYSON MITCHELL G | Sell | 5.00K | $35.21 | 176.05K |
| 2026-01-05 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 10.00K | $33.90 | 339.00K |
| 2026-01-03 | Paladino Mary | Buy | 1.27K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | TYSON MITCHELL G | Buy | 1.27K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | LEWIS ADAM M | Buy | 1.27K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Garcia David A. | Buy | 1.27K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S | Buy | 1.27K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Park Han Kyung | Buy | 23.95K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Wang Hsueh-Chun | Buy | 28.43K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Rivera Eric | Buy | 40.41K | — | — |
| 2026-01-03 | MACRICOSTAS GEORGE | Buy | 177.43K | — | — |
| 2026-01-02 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 8.75K | $33.54 | 293.48K |
| 2026-01-02 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 686 | $33.41 | 22.92K |
| 2026-01-02 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 1.37K | $33.41 | 45.84K |
| 2026-01-02 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 1.02K | $33.41 | 34.04K |
| 2026-01-02 | Rivera Eric | Sell | 2.98K | $33.41 | 99.49K |
| 2026-01-01 | Almeida Michelle | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2025-12-22 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 8.75K | $34.31 | 300.21K |
| 2025-12-15 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 20.00K | $11.35 | 227.00K |
| 2025-12-15 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 20.00K | $36.45 | 729.00K |
| 2025-12-15 | Lee Kang Jyh | Buy | 20.00K | $11.35 | 227.00K |
| 2025-12-12 | Progler Christopher J | Sell | 25.00K | $35.78 | 894.50K |
| 2025-12-12 | TYSON MITCHELL G | Sell | 5.00K | $36.17 | 180.85K |
| 2025-12-12 | Park Han Kyung | Sell | 13.75K | $37.99 | 522.36K |
| 2025-12-12 | Lee Kang Jyh | Sell | 20.00K | $38.53 | 770.60K |
| 2025-12-01 | Progler Christopher J | Sell | 10.00K | $22.52 | 225.15K |
| 2025-10-14 | Rivera Eric | Buy | 882 | $19.83 | 17.49K |
Institutional holders
Latest filed quarter: Q2 2026.
Institutions holding: 330, holders -13 vs prior quarter. Ownership 96.16%.
| Holder | Shares | Change | Change % | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK, INC. | 9.49M | 99.12K | +1.06% | 308.59M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 3.64M | -320.08K | -8.08% | 118.49M |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 3.39M | 567.45K | +20.12% | 110.19M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.97M | 127.39K | +4.48% | 96.68M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.50M | -1.53K | -0.06% | 81.38M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 2.34M | 100.10K | +4.47% | 76.12M |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | 2.19M | -697.25K | -24.19% | 71.09M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.17M | 313.07K | +16.88% | 70.52M |
| INVESCO LTD. | 1.84M | 412.59K | +28.90% | 59.86M |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | 1.57M | 668.31K | +74.01% | 51.11M |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 1.46M | -476.54K | -24.58% | 47.56M |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | 1.07M | -114.30K | -9.64% | 34.84M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 1.02M | -10.34K | -1.01% | 33.04M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 972.74K | -32.16K | -3.20% | 31.64M |
| SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 972.74K | 972.74K | New | 31.64M |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 888.98K | 37.65K | +4.42% | 28.92M |
| BOSTON PARTNERS | 665.70K | -119.54K | -15.22% | 21.23M |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 585.50K | -19.50K | -3.22% | 19.05M |
| EASTERLY INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC | 466.27K | 62.58K | +15.50% | 15.17M |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 414.69K | -71.66K | -14.73% | 13.49M |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 397.97K | 19.32K | +5.10% | 12.95M |
| BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP | 380.40K | 2.29K | +0.60% | 12.37M |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC | 379.80K | 9.12K | +2.46% | 12.35M |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC | 374.17K | 311.81K | +500.00% | 12.17M |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | 365.30K | 365.30K | New | 11.88M |
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