Photronics, Inc.

PLAB Technology Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Photronics, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $849.3 million, down 2.04% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 2.69%, EPS grew 25.0%, free cash flow grew 56.1% and total debt rose 14,318.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

27.52 1.01 −3.54%
Market cap
$1.7B
P/E
9.7×
Fwd P/E
14.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.06
Beneish M
−2.32
Dividend safety
n/a

Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) P/E ratio

Alert me on P/E ratio

As of 16 October 2026, Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) trades at a P/E ratio of 9.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.1× (April 2025) to 52.3× (November 2017); the current reading is higher than 10% of that period. That is below the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median of 45.0× and below the Technology sector median of 28.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 10.3× (3.34%)
FY2024 10.7× 19.52%
FY2023 9.0× 9.88%
FY2022 8.2× (45.38%)
FY2021 14.9× (21.92%)
FY2020 19.1× (25.49%)
FY2019 25.7× 60.66%
FY2018 16.0× (67.08%)
FY2017 48.5× 245.00%
FY2016 14.1× (3.20%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jul 2026 10.6× (40.93%)
Apr 2026 18.0× 17.63%
Jan 2026 15.3× 47.85%
Oct 2025 10.3× (9.04%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.1× High 52.3×
Ten-year median 15.9×
Current reading's percentile 11

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
COHU Cohu, Inc. compare n/m
AMBA Ambarella, Inc. compare n/m
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. compare n/m
ICHR Ichor Holdings, Ltd. compare n/m
AEHR Aehr Test Systems compare n/m
PLAB Photronics, Inc. 9.7×
ACLS Axcelis Technologies, Inc. compare 36.1×
IPGP IPG Photonics Corporation compare 108×
VECO Veeco Instruments Inc. compare 113×
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median 45.0×
Technology sector median 28.2×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

The full definition of P/E ratio →

More on PLAB