At the time of writing, Photronics, Inc [PLAB] stock is trading at $19.14, up 2.85%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The PLAB shares have gain 6.22% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.13%, 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Photronics, Inc fluctuated between $16.46 and $31.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $25.5 within the next 12 months. Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ: PLAB] shares were valued at $19.14 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 33.23% based on the average PLAB price forecast.
Analyzing the PLAB fundamentals
According to Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ:PLAB], the company’s sales were 856.74M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -2.77% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.36% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.31%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.17%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.14. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.0.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 18.74 points at the first support level, and at 18.34 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 19.48, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.82.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ:PLAB] has a current ratio of 5.13. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 4.76, while the Cash Ratio is 3.95. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.42, the price to book ratio is 1.06 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lee Kang Jyh, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, that happened on Mar 26 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were sold. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Lee Kang Jyh completed a deal on Mar 19 ’25 to sell 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former Director FIEDEROWICZ WALTER M sold 7548.0 shares on Apr 15 ’25.
