Semiconductors & Related Devices · SIC 3674

PHOTRONICS INC

PLAB

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Latest revenue

$225.1M

as of 2026-02-01

Latest net income

$42.9M

as of 2026-02-01

Net margin

19.1%

as of 2026-02-01

Price · 5Y

+30.7% / yr 17.0 pts / yr vs S&P 500 280.1% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$51.46
0.78%
Market cap
$3.03B
Enterprise value
$3.03B
P/E (trailing)
22.2×
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$56.00
52-wk low
$16.59
Beta
Shares out
59.0M

5-year trend

What this company does

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS Specific industry and technical terms used in this section are defined in the subsection entitled “Glossary of Terms and Acronyms,” found below the Table of Contents. Business Overview Photronics, Inc. (and its subsidiaries, collectively referred to herein as “Photronics”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photomasks, which are high precision photographic quartz or glass plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits. Photomasks are a key element in the manufacture of ICs and FPDs and are used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers and FPD substrates during the fabrication of ICs, a…

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Generated from PLAB's filing dated 2025-12-17

Key risks

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS Set forth below are discussions of the risk factors we believe can make an investment in our business speculative or risky. Concentration Related Risk Factors Our dependency on the microelectronics industry, which as a whole is volatile, could create volatility in our demand and have a negative material impact on our business. We sell substantially all of our photomasks to designers and manufacturers of IC and FPD electronic devices. We believe that the demand for photomasks depends primarily on design activity rather than sales volume from products using photomask technologies. Consequently, an increase in semiconductor or FPD sales does not necessarily result in a…

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Generated from PLAB's filing dated 2025-12-17

Profitability

Gross margin

35.3%

3.1%

Operating margin

24.5%

4.1%

Net margin

16.1%

6.5%

Return on equity

11.6%

0.3%

Return on assets

7.6%

1.0%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.54×

1.9%

Long-term debt / equity

0.00×

50.3%

Debt / assets

35.0%

1.3%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-02-01

$225.1M+6.1%$42.9M+0.2%19.1%

Q4 2025

2025-10-31

$215.8M-3.1%$61.8M+82.5%28.6%

Q3 2025

2025-08-03

$210.4M-0.3%$22.9M-33.4%10.9%

Q2 2025

2025-05-04

$211.0M-2.8%$8.9M-75.6%4.2%

Q1 2025

2025-02-02

$212.1M-1.9%$42.9M+63.7%20.2%

Q4 2024

2024-10-31

$222.6M$33.9M15.2%

Q3 2024

2024-07-28

$211.0M-5.9%$34.4M+27.6%16.3%

Q2 2024

2024-04-28

$217.0M$36.3M16.7%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$50.4K

Insider selling

$26.9M

Net activity

−$26.9M

Distinct insiders

11

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-04-17

Rui Zhang

VP, CAO & Corporate Controller

Sale4,556$46.70$212.8K
2026-04-16

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale10,000$46.05$460.5K
2026-04-16

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale10,000$45.80$458.0K
2026-04-15

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale10,000$45.10$451.0K
2026-04-14

Hsueh-Chun Wang

SVP/COO IC & US/EU Mnstrm Ops

Sale19,250$45.30$872.0K
2026-04-14

MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S

Director

Sale50,000$45.35$2.3M
2026-04-13

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale5,000$45.00$225.0K
2026-04-13

Eric Rivera

President, CFO

Sale1,000$44.77$44.8K
2026-04-09

Hsueh-Chun Wang

SVP/COO IC & US/EU Mnstrm Ops

Sale11,875$44.25$525.5K
2026-04-09

Eric Rivera

President, CFO

Sale882$44.00$38.8K
2026-04-09

Eric Rivera

President, CFO

Sale40,635$44.00$1.8M
2026-04-09

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale5,000$44.00$220.0K
2026-04-08

George Macricostas

CEO

Sale6,500$43.27$281.3K
2026-04-08

George Macricostas

CEO

Sale5,500$43.28$238.0K
2026-04-08

George Macricostas

CEO

Sale109,194$42.90$4.7M
2026-04-08

Rui Zhang

VP, CAO & Corporate Controller

Sale1,752$43.50$76.2K
2026-04-08

Hsueh-Chun Wang

SVP/COO IC & US/EU Mnstrm Ops

Sale10,000$42.69$426.9K
2026-04-08

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale5,000$43.27$216.3K
2026-04-06

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale5,000$40.53$202.7K
2026-04-01

Mitchell G Tyson

Director

Sale10,000$42.31$423.1K
2026-04-01

Hsueh-Chun Wang

SVP/COO IC & US/EU Mnstrm Ops

Sale4,186$42.00$175.8K
2026-04-01

Hsueh-Chun Wang

SVP/COO IC & US/EU Mnstrm Ops

Sale4,100$42.14$172.8K
2026-04-01

Hsueh-Chun Wang

SVP/COO IC & US/EU Mnstrm Ops

Sale1,714$42.15$72.2K
2026-04-01

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale5,000$42.00$210.0K
2026-03-26

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale5,000$40.80$204.0K
2026-03-23

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale10,000$39.00$390.0K
2026-03-19

Kang Jyh Lee

Director

Sale10,000$35.80$358.0K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns PLAB

Institutional value

$1.27B

Total shares held

34.9M

Distinct holders

210

-98 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.9.4M$379.3M+559.4K (+6.3%)Added
2DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP4.0M$160.1M-91.8K (-2.3%)Trimmed
3VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.8M$115.0MNew
4VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC2.5M$101.1MNew
5Invesco Ltd.1.4M$57.7M-108.9K (-7.1%)Trimmed
6VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.1.2M$47.9MNew
7Boston Partners785.2K$31.8M-24.1K (-3.0%)Trimmed
8EASTERLY INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC403.7K$16.1M-19.0K (-4.5%)Trimmed
9VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO378.6K$15.3MNew
10Bank of New York Mellon Corp378.1K$15.3M-11.2K (-2.9%)Trimmed
11ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP373.6K$15.1M-10.7K (-2.8%)Trimmed
12HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC370.7K$15.0M-14.5K (-3.8%)Trimmed
13Allianz Asset Management GmbH369.5K$14.9M+251.5K (+213.2%)Added
14PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC334.7K$13.5M-29.8K (-8.2%)Trimmed
15Nuveen, LLC291.5K$11.8M+162.8K (+126.6%)Added
16Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH289.4K$11.7M+4.1K (+1.4%)Added
17PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC266.3K$10.8M+146.0K (+121.4%)Added
18UBS Group AG252.4K$10.2M+109.0K (+76.0%)Added
19MEEDER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC220.6K$8.9M-60.8K (-21.6%)Trimmed
20Public Sector Pension Investment Board211.3K$8.5M+7.1K (+3.5%)Added

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

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