Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.08 EPS

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The semiconductor company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by ($0.08), Zacks reports. Photronics had a return on equity of 9.10% and a net margin of 15.07%. Photronics updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.350-0.410 EPS.

Photronics Price Performance

NASDAQ:PLAB opened at $20.06 on Wednesday. Photronics has a fifty-two week low of $16.46 and a fifty-two week high of $31.60. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $19.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $21.98. The stock has a market cap of $1.28 billion, a PE ratio of 9.60 and a beta of 1.43.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Walter M. Fiederowicz sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.88, for a total value of $132,160.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 17,548 shares in the company, valued at approximately $331,306.24. The trade was a 28.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Kang Jyh Lee sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.90, for a total value of $209,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 552,100 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,538,890. This trade represents a 1.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 54,548 shares of company stock worth $1,093,093 in the last three months. 3.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of PLAB. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Photronics by 4.6% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 36,647 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $761,000 after purchasing an additional 1,600 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Photronics by 6.0% in the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 62,441 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,296,000 after purchasing an additional 3,526 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its stake in shares of Photronics by 14.4% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 96,752 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,009,000 after purchasing an additional 12,159 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of Photronics by 30.1% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 219,290 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,553,000 after purchasing an additional 50,707 shares in the last quarter. 88.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Photronics Company Profile

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.