A share price of Photronics, Inc [PLAB] is currently trading at $34.22, up 8.91%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The PLAB shares have gain 7.68% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.88%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ: PLAB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 11, 2025, when Craig Hallum initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $32. Previously, Northland Capital downgraded its rating to Market Perform on May 22, 2023. On April 11, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $21 on the stock. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $13 on February 25, 2021. Stifel upgraded its rating to a Buy but $13 remained the price target by the analyst firm on September 11, 2020. Stifel downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on June 22, 2020, and downed its price target to $13. In a note dated February 10, 2020, Stifel upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $16.
Photronics, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $16.46 and $39.80. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $43.5 within the next 12 months. Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ: PLAB] shares were valued at $34.22 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 27.12% based on the average PLAB price forecast.
Analyzing the PLAB fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ:PLAB] were 849.29M which represents -3.08% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.35% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.26%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.13. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.0.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ:PLAB] is 5.37. As well, the Quick Ratio is 4.99, while the Cash Ratio is 2.97. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.38, the price to book ratio is 1.68 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.95.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lee Kang Jyh, Director, that happened on Jan 13 ’26 when 10000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Lee Kang Jyh completed a deal on Jan 15 ’26 to buy 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Lee Kang Jyh sold 10000.0 shares on Jan 12 ’26.
