Photronics, Inc.
$27.94+0.8%YTD-1.5%1Y+17.6%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PLAB, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PLAB.
Semiconductors
Hyperscaler AI capex keeps Blackwell allocation tight and HBM3e pricing firm; NVDA's data-center backlog and AVGO's networking wins confirm the cycle is not peaking. LLM context-window expansion — the structural demand pull — extends through at least 2H26.
What this means for $PLAB
Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Photronics, Inc.
Top industry ETF
$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+56.0%YTD
+85.1%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
10.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
9.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
22.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
5.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
2.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
13.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
33.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 26, 2026$0.50$0.40+24.0%
Q1 2026May 28, 2026$0.42$0.53-20.8%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$0.61$0.54+13.0%
Q3 2025Dec 10, 2025$0.60$0.45+32.4%
Next earningsWed, Dec 9·consensus EPS $0.48
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$209.9M-0.5%31.3%20.1%$0.54$1.2M
Q1 FY26$225.1M+6.1%35.0%24.3%$0.74$49.6M
Q4 FY25$215.8M-3.1%35.0%24.3%$1.07$20.2M
Q3 FY25$210.4M-0.3%33.7%22.9%$0.38$25.2M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$859.4M$857.4M – $860.7M$1.86$1.85 – $1.862
FY27$898.3M$896.2M – $899.6M$2.02$2.01 – $2.022
FY28$961.7M$959.5M – $963.2M$2.19$2.18 – $2.191
FY29$1.0B$1.0B – $1.0B$2.35$2.34 – $2.351
FY30$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$2.50$2.49 – $2.501
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.21%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-9.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-21.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMid float · 56.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.375-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KShareholder voteApr 98-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary
+ 10 other (5 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 1 SD) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
PLAB DEADLINE NOTICE: ROSEN, A GLOBAL AND LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Photronics, Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important September 4 Deadline in Securities Class Action – PLABPLAB DEADLINE ALERT: ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Photronics, Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important September 4 Deadline in Securities Class Action - PLABFaruqi & Faruqi, LLP Urges Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) Investors to Seek Counsel Before September 4, 2026 Lead Plaintiff Deadline in the Securities Class ActionPLAB IMPORTANT DEADLINE: ROSEN, A GLOBALLY RESPECTED LAW FIRM, Encourages Photronics, Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important September 4 Deadline in Securities Class Action - PLABPhotronics Eyes Advanced Mask Growth With Texas, Korea Capacity Push
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