NASDAQ: PLAB
Photronics Inc Stock

$17.67-0.11 (-0.62%)
Updated Apr 17, 2025
PLAB Price
$17.67
Fair Value Price
$46.15
Market Cap
$1.12B
52 Week Low
$16.46
52 Week High
$31.60
P/E
7.39x
P/B
1x
P/S
1.66x
PEG
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Revenue
$862.75M
Earnings
$147.36M
Gross Margin
36.2%
Operating Margin
24.97%
Profit Margin
17.1%
Debt to Equity
0.19
Operating Cash Flow
$298M
Beta
1.63
Next Earnings
May 20, 2025
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A

PLAB Overview

Photronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, China, and internationally. The company offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, FDP substrates, and other types of electrical and optical components. It sells its products to semiconductor and FPD manufacturers, designers, and foundries, as well as to other high-performance electronics manufacturers through its sales personnel and customer service representatives. The company was formerly known as Photronic Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Photronics, Inc. in 1990. Photronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Brookfield, Connecticut.

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Industry: Semiconductor Equipment

Industry Rating
B
PLAB
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#1 of 30

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PLAB ($17.67) is undervalued by 61.71% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $46.15 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, but does not have a significant margin of safety
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PLAB ($17.67) is significantly undervalued by 61.71% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $46.15 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, which includes a healthy margin of safety
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Valuation

PLAB fair value

Fair Value of PLAB stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Price
$17.67
Fair Value
$46.15
Undervalued by
61.71%
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PLAB price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings

Company
7.39x
Industry
23.57x
Market
27.98x
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PLAB price to book (PB)

For valuing companies that are loss-making or have lots of physical asset

Company
1x
Industry
7.32x
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PLAB's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$212.1M
Net Income
$42.9M
Profit Margin
20.2%
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Assets to liabilities

Assets
$1.7B
Liabilities
$210.5M
Debt to equity
0.19
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Cash flow

Operating
$78.5M
Investing
$6.8M
Financing
-$20.5M
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Debt Coverage Financials

PLAB vs Semiconductor Equipment Stocks

TickerZen RatingMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
PLABB$1.12B-0.62%7.39x1.00x
VECOC$1.04B-2.13%13.70x1.35x
ACMRB$1.22B-1.88%11.59x1.35x
DQF$927.87M-1.42%N/A0.21x
UCTTB$840.81M-0.80%35.15x0.96x

Photronics Stock FAQ

What is Photronics's quote symbol?

(NASDAQ: PLAB) Photronics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PLAB. Photronics stock quotes can also be displayed as NASDAQ: PLAB.

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What is the 52 week high and low for Photronics (NASDAQ: PLAB)?

(NASDAQ: PLAB) Photronics's 52-week high was $31.60, and its 52-week low was $16.46. It is currently -44.08% from its 52-week high and 7.36% from its 52-week low.

How much is Photronics stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: PLAB) Photronics currently has 63,561,709 outstanding shares. With Photronics stock trading at $17.67 per share, the total value of Photronics stock (market capitalization) is $1.12B.

Photronics stock was originally listed at a price of $24.50 in Dec 31, 1997. If you had invested in Photronics stock at $24.50, your return over the last 27 years would have been -27.88%, for an annualized return of -1.2% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is Photronics's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: PLAB) Photronics stock price per share is $17.67 today (as of Apr 17, 2025).

What is Photronics's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: PLAB) Photronics's market cap is $1.12B, as of Apr 21, 2025.

Market cap (market capitalization) is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

Photronics's market cap is calculated by multiplying PLAB's current stock price of $17.67 by PLAB's total outstanding shares of 63,561,709.
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