Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The semiconductor company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.05, RTT News reports. Photronics had a return on equity of 9.10% and a net margin of 15.07%. The firm had revenue of $212.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $210.00 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 earnings per share. Photronics updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.440-0.500 EPS.

Photronics Price Performance

PLAB stock traded down $0.36 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $20.75. The company had a trading volume of 153,486 shares, compared to its average volume of 470,331. The company has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion, a PE ratio of 9.96 and a beta of 1.37. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $23.25 and a 200 day moving average of $23.87. Photronics has a 12 month low of $20.25 and a 12 month high of $31.60.

Insider Activity

In other Photronics news, Director Walter M. Fiederowicz sold 10,000 shares of Photronics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.01, for a total transaction of $240,100.00. Following the completion of 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Kang Jyh Lee sold 8,750 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.40, for a total value of $213,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 572,100 shares in the company, valued at $13,959,240. The trade was a 1.51 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 199,000 shares of company stock valued at $4,878,810. Corporate insiders own 3.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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.