Photronics, Inc.
General ticker "PLAB" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: Semiconductors
- Capitalization: $2.0B (TTM average)
Photronics, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 18.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 27.45$, high 28.53$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 1908 (+1.6%) as of 2025
- China accounted for 26.0% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31
- US accounted for 17.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31
- Top business risk factors: Dependency on microelectronics industry, Customer concentration, Supplier equipment lead times, High fixed costs, Technological changes
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-10-31 to 2027-10-31
- 2025-10-31 to 2026-10-31 estimated range: [20.26$, 30.59$]
- 2026-10-31 to 2027-10-31 estimated range: [23.30$, 34.25$]
Financial Metrics affecting the PLAB estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 11.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 15.29 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 17.37
- Positive: 22.58 < Operating profit margin, % of 24.52
- Positive: 7.19 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 9.54
- Positive: -18.95 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -16.74
- Positive: 0.01 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0.70
- Negative: 0 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 0
- Positive: 58.56 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 65.04 <= 69.38
- Positive: -4.55 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -3.57
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $892.08MM | $866.85MM | $849.05MM |
| Operating Expenses | $639.03MM | $645.34MM | $640.89MM |
| Operating Income | $253.05MM | $221.52MM | $208.16MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $16.90MM | $25.90MM | $13.62MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.43MM | $0.33MM | $0.06MM |
| R&D Expense | $13.65MM | $16.58MM | $15.80MM |
| Income(Loss) | $269.95MM | $247.41MM | $221.78MM |
| Taxes | $70.31MM | $63.57MM | $31.55MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $125.48MM | $130.69MM | $136.41MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $975.01MM | $1,120.86MM | $1,173.59MM |
| Inventory | $49.96MM | $56.53MM | $61.77MM |
| Assets | $1,526.22MM | $1,712.06MM | $1,804.53MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $302.18MM | $261.44MM | $247.80MM |
| Capital expenditure | $131.29MM | $130.94MM | $188.14MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-101.55MM | $-156.47MM | $-238.90MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-18.49MM | $-7.73MM | $-115.26MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.05 | $2.12 | $2.29 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.