Photronics

PLAB

Market cap $1.38B

LASR, PLAB, WFRD, CRC and DY have been added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List on October 16, 2025.

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Photronics (PLAB) reached a significant support level, and could be a good pick for investors from a technical perspective. Recently, PLAB broke through the 20-day moving average, which suggests a short-term bullish trend.

The mean of analysts' price targets for Photronics (PLAB) points to a 28% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

Despite the current semiconductor industry downturn, Photronics maintains a profitable, free cash flow generating business. I expect Photronics to return to growth in FY 2026 with an industry rebound likely to occur in late CY 2025 or early CY 2026. Photronics is likely to be a direct beneficiary of Tesla's $16.5 billion deal with Samsung for the production of AI6 chips, since Samsung is its second largest customer.

BROOKFIELD, Conn., Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLAB), a worldwide leader in photomask technologies and solutions, today announced its participation in the 17th Annual CEO Investor Summit 2025, being held on Tuesday, October 7th in Phoenix, Arizona.

From a technical perspective, Photronics (PLAB) is looking like an interesting pick, as it just reached a key level of support. PLAB recently overtook the 20-day moving average, and this suggests a short-term bullish trend.

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

The consensus price target hints at a 39.8% upside potential for Photronics (PLAB). While empirical research shows that this sought-after metric is hardly effective, an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean that the stock will witness an upside in the near term.

Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB ) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 27, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Christopher J. Progler - Executive VP of Strategic Planning & CTO Eric Rivera - CFO, VP, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer George C.