Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.440-0.500 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.520. The company issued revenue guidance of $208.0 million-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $225.0 million.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, DA Davidson raised their price target on Photronics from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

Photronics Price Performance

Shares of PLAB stock opened at $21.10 on Thursday. Photronics has a one year low of $20.25 and a one year high of $31.60. The company has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.10 and a beta of 1.37. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.25 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.87.

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.05. Photronics had a net margin of 15.07% and a return on equity of 9.10%. The business had revenue of $212.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $210.00 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.48 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Photronics will post 2.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Photronics

In other news, Director Walter M. Fiederowicz sold 10,000 shares of Photronics stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.01, for a total value of $240,100.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 50,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,200,500. The trade was a 16.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Han Kyung Park sold 11,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.80, for a total transaction of $267,750.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 102,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,439,500. The trade was a 9.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 199,000 shares of company stock valued at $4,878,810. 3.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Photronics Company Profile

Photronics, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea, Europe, and internationally. It offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, and FDP substrates.