Photronics (PLAB) Projected to Post Earnings on Wednesday

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) will likely be announcing its Q4 2025 results before the market opens on Wednesday, December 10th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.47 per share and revenue of $204.5410 million for the quarter. Parties can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q4 2025 earning report page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM ET.

Photronics Stock Up 4.6%

NASDAQ PLAB opened at $25.25 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 1.54. Photronics has a twelve month low of $16.46 and a twelve month high of $31.60. The business’s fifty day moving average is $23.06 and its 200 day moving average is $21.39.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on PLAB. Zacks Research lowered Photronics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Singular Research upgraded shares of Photronics to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 4th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Photronics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, September 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Photronics in a research report on Monday, December 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Photronics has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $31.00.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Kang Jyh Lee sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.33, for a total transaction of $253,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 513,350 shares in the company, valued at $13,003,155.50. This represents a 1.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Mary Paladino sold 42,750 shares of Photronics stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.00, for a total transaction of $1,026,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 33,798 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $811,152. This represents a 55.85% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 67,750 shares of company stock valued at $1,629,700. Company insiders own 3.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PLAB. Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Photronics during the third quarter worth approximately $1,649,000. Caxton Associates LLP bought a new position in shares of Photronics during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,006,000. Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Photronics during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,042,000. Wexford Capital LP bought a new stake in shares of Photronics in the 3rd quarter valued at $62,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its position in shares of Photronics by 123.8% during the 3rd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 233,498 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,359,000 after acquiring an additional 129,152 shares during the period. 88.38% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Photronics

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.