Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.440-0.500 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.520. The company issued revenue guidance of $208.0 million-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $225.0 million.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Photronics Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ:PLAB traded up $0.32 on Friday, reaching $20.91. 43,023 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 476,410. The company has a 50-day moving average of $23.17 and a 200-day moving average of $23.85. The firm has a market cap of $1.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.01 and a beta of 1.37. Photronics has a 1-year low of $20.25 and a 1-year high of $31.60.

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.05. Photronics had a return on equity of 9.10% and a net margin of 15.07%. The firm had revenue of $212.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $210.00 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.48 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Photronics will post 2.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Photronics

In related news, SVP Han Kyung Park sold 11,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.63, for a total value of $277,087.50. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 118,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,906,340. This trade represents a 8.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Kang Jyh Lee sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.27, for a total transaction of $505,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 524,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,256,642. This trade represents a 3.67 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 199,000 shares of company stock worth $4,878,810. Corporate insiders own 3.20% of the company’s stock.

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.