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PLAB Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	1.8B
Revenue (ttm)	861.2M
Net income (ttm)	159.1M
EPS (ttm)	$2.73
Shares out	59M
P/E (trailing)	11.1x
P/E (forward)	16.6x
Volume	898,190
Beta	1.37

Price target	$42.3	+39.6%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000810136
Company name	Photronics, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	719405102
Employees	1,908
Employees Change	30%
Employees Change Percent	1.6
Enterprise value	$1.2B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Industry PE	57.05
Industry PE Fwd	36.32
IPO Date	1987-03-10
Isin	US7194051022
Last refreshed	2026-07-27
Market cap	$1.8B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$30.33
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	451,346.96x
Sector	Technology
Sector PE	36.63
Sector PE Fwd	20.29
Sic	3674
Symbol	PLAB
Website	https://www.photronics.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.89%
EV Earnings	7.26x
EV Sales Forward	1.32x
EV/EBIT	5.85x
EV/EBITDA	4.21x
EV/FCF	11.98x
EV/Sales	1.34x
FCF yield	5.39%
Forward P/E	16.56x
P/B ratio	1.42x
P/E ratio	11.12x
P/S ratio	2.08x
PE Ratio10 Y	18.81x
PE Ratio3 Y	12.3x
PE Ratio5 Y	12.4x
PS Forward	2.04x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	22.91%
EBITDA Margin	31.86%
FCF margin	11.19%
Gross margin	33.77%
Gross Profit	$290.8M
Gross Profit Growth	-6.44%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-15.59%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-3.99%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	15.85%
Net Income	$159.1M
Net Income Growth	32.59%
Net Income Growth Q	254.69%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	6%
Net Income Growth3 Y	9.18%
Net Income Growth5 Y	34.75%
Pretax Margin	28.23%
Profit Margin	18.47%
Profit Per Employee	$83,365
Profitable Quarters	$60
Profitable Years	16
ROA	6.79
Roa5y	8.4
ROCE	11.31
ROE	13.24
Roe5y	13.64
ROIC	16.54
Roic5y	18.45

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	12.36%
Cagr15y	8.68%
Cagr1y	55.35%
Cagr20y	4.01%
Cagr3y	6.19%
Cagr5y	17.91%
EPS Growth	41.3
EPS Growth Q	270.5
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	6
EPS Growth3 Y	11.11
EPS Growth5 Y	37.03
FCF Growth	7.06%
FCF Growth3 Y	-13%
FCF Growth5 Y	30.21%
OCF Growth	11.36%
OCF Growth Q	49.53%
OCF Growth10 Y	7.23%
OCF Growth3 Y	0.07%
OCF Growth5 Y	15.06%
Revenue Growth	0.52x
Revenue Growth Q	-0.5x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-0.36x
Revenue Growth5 Y	6.83x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.47
Assets	$1.9B
Cash	$637.7M
Current Assets	$943.9M
Current Liabilities	$187M
Debt	$3.9M
Debt EBITDA	$0.01
Debt Equity	$0
Debt FCF	$0.04
Equity	$1.7B
Interest Coverage	39,461.2
Liabilities	$237.4M
Long Term Assets	$986.9M
Long Term Liabilities	$50.4M
Net Cash	$633.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$35.44
Net Cash Growth	13.51%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-2.31
Net Debt Equity	$-0.37
Net Debt FCF	$-6.58
Tangible Book Value	$1.2B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$21.34
WACC	11.75

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	5.05
Inventory Turnover	8.84
Net Working Capital	$119.3M
Quick ratio	4.5
Working Capital	$757M
Working Capital Turnover	$1.19

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	6.17%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	220.78%
1Y total return	55.3%
200-day SMA	34.43
3Y total return	19.74%
50-day SMA	34.73
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	127.87%
All Time High	56
All Time High Change	-45.84%
All Time High Date	2026-05-11
All Time Low	0.33
All Time Low Change	9,090.91%
All Time Low Date	2008-11-26
ATR	1.78
Beta	1.37
Beta1y	1.03
Beta2y	1.39
Ch YTD	-5.22
High	31.03
High52	56
High52 Date	2026-05-11
High52ch	-45.84%
Low	30.03
Low52	19.17
Low52 Date	2025-07-24
Low52ch	58.22%
Ma50ch	-12.66%
Premarket Change Percent	-0.03
Premarket Price	$30.93
Premarket Volume	4,845
Price vs 200-day SMA	-11.9%
RSI	46.62
RSI Monthly	52.3
RSI Weekly	42.87
Sharpe ratio	0.9x
Sortino ratio	1.46
Total Return	6.17%
Tr YTD	-5.22
Tr15y	248.62%
Tr1m	-3.87%
Tr1w	5.13%
Tr3m	-39.92%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	3
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$48.5
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.41
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-19.61
Earnings Revenue Estimate	208,749,670x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-0.78x
Operating Income	$197.3M
Operating Income Growth	-8.6
Operating Income Growth Q	-24.3
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-7.25
Operating Income Growth5 Y	23.93
Operating margin	22.91
Price target	$42.33
Price Target Change	$39.57
Price Target Change Top	$59.91

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	57,497,937%
Float Percent	97.51%
Net Borrowing	-11,000
Shares Insiders	2.43%
Shares Institutions	95.38%
Shares Out	58,963,698
Shares Qo Q	0.61%
Shares Yo Y	-6.17%
Short Float	7.27%
Short Ratio	2.83
Short Shares	7.09

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$83.1M
Average Volume	1,252,021.55x
Bv Per Share	21.34
CAPEX	$-185.8M
Ch10y	220.8
Ch15y	248.6
Ch1m	-3.87
Ch1w	5.13
Ch1y	55.3
Ch20y	119.6
Ch3m	-39.92
Ch3y	19.74
Ch5y	127.9
Ch6m	-12.63
Change	-1.97%
Change From Open	-2.26
Close	30.94
Days Gap	0.29
Depreciation Amortization	77,031,000
Dollar Volume	27,242,102.7
Earnings Date	2026-08-26
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$197.3M
EBITDA	$274.3M
EPS	$2.73
F Score	4
FCF	$96.3M
FCF EV Yield	8.34x
FCF Per Share	$1.63
Financing CF	-20,606,000
Fiscal Year End	October
Founded	1,969
Graham Number	36.20086
Graham Upside	19.36
Income Tax	$31.9M
Investing CF	-275,942,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-28
Last Report Date	2026-05-03
Last Split Date	1997-12-02
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-12-17
Lynch Fair Value	$68.22
Lynch Upside	124.9
Ma150	37.77
Ma150ch	-19.69%
Ma20	29.81
Ma20ch	1.76%
Net CF	-19,182,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-26
Open	31.03
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	18.56
P OCF Ratio	6.34
Position In Range	30
Post Close	30.33
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.26
Postmarket Price	$30.25
Ppne	927,936,000
Pre Close	30.94
Price Date	2026-07-24
Price EBITDA	$6.52
Ptbv Ratio	1.44
Relative Volume	0.72x
Revenue	861,170,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.54x
Share Based Comp	13,254,000
Tax By Revenue	3.7x
Tax Rate	13.12%
Tr20y	119.62%
Tr6m	-12.63%
Us State	Connecticut
Volume	898,190
Z Score	6.07

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