Photronics

PLAB

Market cap $1.35B

BROOKFIELD, Conn., Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAB), a worldwide leader in photomask technologies and solutions, is scheduled to announce financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, before the market opens.

BROOKFIELD, Conn., Nov. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLAB), a worldwide leader in photomask technologies and solutions, today announced that it will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences.

PLAB is up over 30% since I last covered the stock in April as tariff fears calmed down while management drove solid operational execution and increased buybacks. While Photronics' diverse manufacturing footprint mitigates direct tariff impact, tariff uncertainties continue to delay investments in critical end markets, reducing near-term photomask demand. Structural tailwinds remain strong, as chip & panel complexity continues increasing with AI-, EUV-, and OLED-driven technologies, pushing high-end photomask volumes and prices up.

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.