Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.440-0.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Photronics Trading Up 2.3 %

Shares of PLAB stock traded up $0.47 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $21.17. The stock had a trading volume of 819,638 shares, compared to its average volume of 470,441. Photronics has a 1-year low of $20.25 and a 1-year high of $31.60. The business’s fifty day moving average is $23.33 and its 200-day moving average is $23.89. The firm has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.12 and a beta of 1.37.

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) last posted its earnings results 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 net margin of 15.07% and a return on equity of 9.10%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.48 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Photronics will post 2.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Insider Activity at Photronics

In related news, CEO Kang Jyh Lee sold 20,000 shares of Photronics stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.27, for a total transaction of $505,400.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 524,600 shares in the company, valued at $13,256,642. This trade represents a 3.67 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Han Kyung Park sold 11,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.80, for a total transaction of $267,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 102,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,439,500. This trade represents a 9.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 199,000 shares of company stock worth $4,878,810. Insiders own 3.88% 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.