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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to October
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 8.20 | 7.55 | 7.20 | 7.95 | 8.31 | 10.89 | 13.87 | 13.86 | 20.25 | 16.46 |
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| High | 12.40 | 11.95 | 11.00 | 16.75 | 16.01 | 19.40 | 25.81 | 32.60 | 34.16 | 39.80 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 1,530 | 1,475 | 1,575 | 1,775 | 1,728 | 1,728 | 1,828 | 1,885 | 1,878 | 1,908 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.45 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 483 | 451 | 535 | 551 | 610 | 664 | 825 | 892 | 867 | 849 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 24.55 | 20.26 | 24.57 | 21.94 | 22.09 | 25.17 | 35.68 | 37.68 | 36.44 | 35.30 | |||||
| EBT | 60 | 27 | 69 | 51 | 62 | 102 | 239 | 270 | 247 | 222 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 12.51 | 5.89 | 12.81 | 9.21 | 10.10 | 15.37 | 28.99 | 30.26 | 28.54 | 26.11 | |||||
| Net income | 56 | 21 | 61 | 40 | 40 | 79 | 179 | 200 | 184 | 190 | |||||
| Depreciation | 83 | 87 | 84 | 84 | 94 | 90 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 78 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 7.16 | 6.59 | 7.78 | 8.30 | 9.40 | 10.81 | 13.62 | 14.59 | 14.05 | 14.25 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.68 | 0.19 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.90 | 1.96 | 2.05 | 2.12 | 2.29 | |||||
| Cash flow | 1.81 | 1.41 | 1.90 | 1.03 | 2.21 | 2.46 | 4.54 | 4.94 | 4.24 | 4.16 | |||||
| Capex | (0.74) | (1.36) | (1.35) | (2.69) | (1.09) | (1.78) | (1.86) | (2.15) | (2.12) | (3.16) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.07 | 0.06 | 0.55 | (1.66) | 1.11 | 0.68 | 2.69 | 2.79 | 2.11 | 1.00 | |||||
| Book value | 12.22 | 12.64 | 13.14 | 13.73 | 14.83 | 16.29 | 17.54 | 20.86 | 23.99 | 26.80 | |||||
| Shares, m | 68 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 60 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 14.06 | 48.50 | 15.97 | 25.65 | 19.11 | 14.92 | 8.15 | 8.96 | 10.70 | 10.35 | ||||
| P/S | 1.36 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.42 | 1.08 | 1.26 | 1.19 | 1.26 | 1.62 | 1.68 | |||||
| P/B | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.86 | 0.68 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.89 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 1.14 | 0.73 | 1.01 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.98 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 5.95 | 144.76 | 12.61 | (5.66) | 6.23 | 16.25 | 4.10 | 3.73 | 6.04 | 14.14 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 122 | 97 | 131 | 68 | 143 | 151 | 275 | 302 | 261 | 248 | ||||
| Capex | (50) | (93) | (93) | (178) | (71) | (109) | (113) | (131) | (131) | (188) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 72 | 4 | 38 | (110) | 72 | 42 | 163 | 171 | 130 | 60 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 360 | 367 | 312 | 276 | 357 | 374 | 451 | 600 | 747 | 724 | ||||
| Total debt | 67 | 62 | 57 | 53 | 69 | 112 | 42 | 25 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Net debt | (247) | (246) | (272) | (154) | (210) | (165) | (316) | (488) | (623) | (588) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 825 | 865 | 905 | 911 | 962 | 1,001 | 1,062 | 1,276 | 1,481 | 1,597 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 4.55 | 1.31 | 3.95 | 2.67 | 2.93 | 4.47 | 9.10 | 8.83 | 8.07 | 7.76 | ||||
| ROIC | 5.67 | 3.22 | 6.48 | 4.30 | 5.31 | 7.07 | 17.75 | 20.07 | 16.13 | 12.89 | |||||
| ROE | 5.82 | 1.55 | 4.75 | 3.28 | 3.61 | 5.65 | 11.52 | 10.74 | 9.48 | 8.86 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Oct 2025 · latest quarter Jul 2026
Charts ten years each
Photronics, Inc. vs peers in Semiconductor Equipment & Materials (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACLS Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | $3.6B | 36.1× | 59.9× | +10.60% (above 0%: growing) | −23.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | −60.74% (below 0%: shrinking) | 42.38% | 9.43% | Compare |
| IPGP IPG Photonics Corporation | $3.1B | 108× | 82.3× | +11.11% (above 0%: growing) | −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | +200.46% (above 0%: growing) | 40.39% | 1.63% | Compare |
| AMBA Ambarella, Inc. | $2.8B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +13.21% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −612.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | 57.73% | (7.53%) | Compare |
| VECO Veeco Instruments Inc. | $2.8B | 113× | 57.6× | +16.48% (above 0%: growing) | −5.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | +776.15% (above 0%: growing) | 38.68% | 6.13% | Compare |
| COHU Cohu, Inc. | $2.6B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +38.37% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −39.36% (below 0%: shrinking) | 45.36% | 0.20% | Compare |
| UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. | $2.5B | — (loss-making) | 98.9× | +24.31% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −558.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | 16.08% | 4.57% | Compare |
| AEHR Aehr Test Systems | $2.3B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +33.69% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +133.16% (above 0%: growing) | 42.57% | (6.40%) | Compare |
| ICHR Ichor Holdings, Ltd. | $1.8B | — (loss-making) | 93.0× | +22.68% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −59.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | 13.90% | 2.44% | Compare |
| PLAB Photronics, Inc. | $1.7B | 9.7× | 14.0× | +2.69% (above 0%: growing) | +25.00% (above 0%: growing) | +56.06% (above 0%: growing) | 33.20% | 21.06% | |
| Median of peers | $2.7B | 108× | 82.3× | +19.58% | −23.23% | −49.56% | 41.39% | 2.04% |
Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) key facts
- Concern: Photronics, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $849.3 million, down 2.04% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $190.2 million, or $2.29 per share (basic), a net margin of 16.1%.
- Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) is a Semiconductor Equipment & Materials company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, PLAB traded at $27.52, a market capitalization of $1.7 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 9.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.8× sales; its P/E is higher than 11% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 8.86% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 6.06 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.