Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.05 EPS

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The semiconductor company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.05, RTT News reports. Photronics had a net margin of 15.07% and a return on equity of 9.10%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.48 earnings per share. Photronics updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.440-0.500 EPS.

Photronics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PLAB traded up $0.98 on Wednesday, hitting $21.68. 487,619 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 461,195. Photronics has a 12 month low of $20.25 and a 12 month high of $31.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.46 and a beta of 1.37. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $23.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.89.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Han Kyung Park sold 11,250 shares of Photronics stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.80, for a total transaction of $267,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 102,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,439,500. This trade represents a 9.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Kang Jyh Lee sold 17,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.00, for a total transaction of $420,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 528,350 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,680,400. The trade was a 3.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 199,000 shares of company stock worth $4,878,810 in the last ninety days. 3.88% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, DA Davidson boosted their price target on Photronics from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th.

About Photronics

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.