NASDAQ:PLABPhotronics Stock Price, Forecast & News

Photronics' stock was trading at $11.42 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PLAB stock has increased by 2.7% and is now trading at $11.73.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Photronics in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Photronics is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 18th 2020.
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Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.02. The semiconductor company earned $148.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $147.63 million. Photronics had a net margin of 5.47% and a return on equity of 3.58%. Photronics's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 EPS.
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Photronics announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, October 12th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $25,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Photronics issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.11-0.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.17. The company issued revenue guidance of $145-155 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $154.27 million.

3 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Photronics' stock. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Photronics' stock price to reach $15.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.7% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about PLAB stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Photronics earned a news sentiment score of -4.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Photronics saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,530,000 shares, a decline of 8.4% from the July 15th total of 1,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 505,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Photronics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLAB."

Photronics' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.20%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.84%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.74%), Comerica Bank (0.68%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.56%) and Prudential PLC (0.52%). Company insiders that own Photronics stock include Christopher J Progler, George Macricostas, John P Jordan, Joseph A Fiorita Jr, Kang Jyh Lee, Mitchell G Tyson, Peter S Kirlin, Richelle E Burr and Walter M Fiederowicz.
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PLAB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, Trexquant Investment LP, Prudential PLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Photronics company stock in the last year include Christopher J Progler, John P Jordan, Joseph A Fiorita Jr, Kang Jyh Lee, Mitchell G Tyson, Peter S Kirlin, Richelle E Burr, and Walter M Fiederowicz.
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PLAB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, SG Americas Securities LLC, LSV Asset Management, Bessemer Group Inc., and Comerica Bank.
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Shares of PLAB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PLAB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.73.

Photronics has a market capitalization of $769.72 million and generates $550.66 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $29.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.44 on an earnings per share basis. Photronics employs 1,775 workers across the globe.

The official website for Photronics is www.photronics.com.

Photronics' mailing address is 15 SECOR ROAD, BROOKFIELD CT, 06804. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 203-775-9000 or via email at [email protected]