Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.05 EPS

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The semiconductor company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.05, RTT News reports. The business had revenue of $212.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $210.00 million. Photronics had a net margin of 15.07% and a return on equity of 9.10%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 EPS. Photronics updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.440-0.500 EPS.

Photronics Trading Up 0.5 %

PLAB stock traded up $0.10 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $20.69. The company had a trading volume of 227,811 shares, compared to its average volume of 481,197. Photronics has a 52 week low of $20.25 and a 52 week high of $31.60. The stock has a market cap of $1.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.91 and a beta of 1.37. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $23.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.85.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, DA Davidson upped their price objective on shares of Photronics from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

Insider Activity at Photronics

In related news, CEO Kang Jyh Lee sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.27, for a total value of $505,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 524,600 shares in the company, valued at $13,256,642. This trade represents a 3.67 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Walter M. Fiederowicz sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.01, for a total value of $240,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 50,000 shares in the company, valued at $1,200,500. The trade was a 16.67 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 199,000 shares of company stock worth $4,878,810 in the last three months. 3.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Photronics Company Profile

Photronics, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea, Europe, and internationally. It offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, and FDP substrates.