Technology
Live Price
Offline$33.63
+8.45% today
1Y Change
+73.47%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $2.96B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $33.63 and up 73.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -2.0%, EPS growth of +8.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -2.0%, EPS +8.0%, free cash flow -54.3% with operating margin 24.5% and ROIC 10.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 21.2 and price/sales 3.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PLAB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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PLAB
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PLAB Max Drawdown
-47.91%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$663.8M
-19.5% YoY
FY Net Income
$55.4M
-53.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$41.5M
-74.5% YoY
Revenue Growth
-2.0%
EPS Growth
+8.0%
Gross Margin
35.1%
Net Margin
15.8%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 849M | 867M | 892M | 825M | 664M |
| Gross Profit | 300M | 316M | 336M | 294M | 167M |
| Operating Income | 208M | 222M | 253M | 212M | 95M |
| EBITDA | 299M | 331M | 351M | 321M | 194M |
| Net Income | 136M | 131M | 125M | 119M | 55M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 492M | 598M | 499M | 320M | 277M |
| Total Assets | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 207M | 231M | 251M | 254M | 294M |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.2B | 1.1B | 975M | 832M | 824M |
| Total Debt | 6M | 23M | 27M | 46M | 117M |
| Net Debt | -486M | -576M | -473M | -277M | -165M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
151M
-45.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
109M
+2.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
42M
-74.5% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
35.1%
Operating Margin
24.5%
Net Margin
15.8%
ROE
11.8%
Debt / Equity
0.00x
Next Step
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