NASDAQ:PLABPhotronics Stock Price, Forecast & News

Photronics' stock was trading at $11.42 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PLAB stock has decreased by 2.4% and is now trading at $11.15. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Photronics.

Photronics is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 18th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Photronics.

Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The semiconductor company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate 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%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. View Photronics' earnings history.

Photronics announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Friday, October 12th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $25,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Photronics updated 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Photronics' stock. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Photronics' share price to reach $15.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Photronics.

Press coverage about PLAB stock has trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Photronics earned a coverage optimism score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Photronics.

Photronics saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,760,000 shares, an increase of 29.4% from the May 31st total of 1,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 569,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Photronics' Current Options Chain.

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Photronics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PLAB."

Photronics' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.20%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Photronics.

PLAB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Photronics.

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 $11.15.

Photronics has a market capitalization of $731.66 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]