Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Total · absolute moveSwitch to Alpha · Nasdaq
On Oct. 16, 2026, PLAB is rated Neutral: its 90-day Total forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5184 stocks scored that day.
Photronics Inc is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of $1.62B. It ranks number 55 by market capitalization among the 60 Semiconductors & Related Devices issuers in our coverage with a current forecast. Its P/B Ratio of 1.27x is the lowest of the 57 peers that report one.
For PLAB, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 34.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 28.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected absolute price move over the horizon, market included. This is the number a price target is built from. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +5.1%, buy ≥ +3.4%, sell < +1.8%, strong sell < +0.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Semiconductors & Related Devices peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.62B | 55/60 |
| P/E Ratio | 9.42x | 39/40 |
| P/B Ratio | 1.27x | 57/57 |
| EPS | $2.92 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $21.71 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $14.69 | – |
| FCF/Share | $1.87 | – |
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 12.9% | 21/45 |
| ROA | 8.3% | 21/44 |
| ROIC | 10.8% | 20/53 |
| Gross Margin | 33.6% | 40/57 |
| Operating Margin | 22.5% | 14/57 |
| Net Margin | 19.0% | 17/45 |
| EBT Margin | 29.9% | 11/57 |
| Tax Rate | 12.8% | – |
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 4.94x | 16/55 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.61x | 13/54 |
| D/E Ratio | 0.19x | 47/59 |
| Financial Leverage | 1.55x | 26/57 |
| Interest Coverage | 860.9x | 3/45 |
| Working Capital | $778M | 34/55 |
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $308M | 27/57 |
| Free Cash Flow | $110M | 32/52 |
| Capital Spending | -$198M | 36/52 |
| OCF Growth YoY | 35.1% | 17/46 |
| FCF Growth YoY | 71.2% | 9/41 |
| FCF/Sales | 12.7% | 30/52 |
| CapEx/Sales | 22.8% | 1/52 |
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 0.44x | 43/54 |
| Receivables Turnover | 4.6x | 39/49 |
| Inventory Turnover | 8.9x | 4/53 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 0.9x | 49/52 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 79 days | 11/49 |
| Days Inventory | 41 days | 50/53 |
| Payables Period | 74 days | 12/50 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 46 days | 44/46 |
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $867M | 40/56 |
| Operating Income | $195M | 28/57 |
| Net Income | $165M | 27/45 |
| R&D Expense | $12M | 54/56 |
| SG&A Expense | $85M | 49/55 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $575M | 34/57 |
| Metric | PLAB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Shares Outstanding | 59M | – |
| Net Income Growth | 52.2% | 9/27 |
| EPS Growth | 116.3% | 8/30 |
| Total Current Assets | $975M | 63.9% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $550M | 36.0% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $188M | 12.3% of assets |
| Inventory | $65M | 4.2% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $247M | 16.2% of assets |
| Short-term Debt | $80M | 5.2% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Photronics Inc (Semiconductors & Related Devices): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Total) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| PLAB Photronics Inc | ▶ | $1.62B |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp | ▲ | $5.16T |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | ▶ | $1.57T |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc | ▲ | $863.17B |
| INTC Intel Corp | ▲ | $453.20B |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc /De | ▲ | $324.81B |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc | ▶ | $252.49B |
| ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk | ▲ | $243.29B |
| MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. | ▲ | $199.78B |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc | ▶ | $191.62B |
| ASX Ase Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | ▲ | $86.49B |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | ▲ | $59.51B |
| NXPI Nxp Semiconductors N.V. | ▶ | $57.72B |
| ALAB Astera Labs, Inc. | ▲ | $49.59B |
| STM Stmicroelectronics N.V. | ▲ | $40.34B |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc | ▲ | $40.10B |
| CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | ▲ | $31.90B |
| CBRS Cerebras Systems Inc. | ▶ | $30.22B |
| ON On Semiconductor Corp | ▲ | $28.04B |
| GFS Globalfoundries Inc. | ▶ | $25.93B |
| Q Qnity Electronics, Inc. | ▲ | $24.14B |
| TSEM Tower Semiconductor Ltd | ▲ | $21.94B |
| MTSI Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. | ▲ | $20.03B |
| FSLR First Solar, Inc. | ▶ | $18.55B |
| LSCC Lattice Semiconductor Corp | ▲ | $14.72B |
| SITM Sitime Corp | ▲ | $14.20B |
| SMTC Semtech Corp | ▲ | $12.76B |
| NXT Nextpower Inc. | ▲ | $12.14B |
| SWKS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | ▲ | $11.99B |
| AMKR Amkor Technology, Inc. | ▲ | $10.34B |
| QRVO Qorvo, Inc. | ▲ | $10.05B |
| RMBS Rambus Inc | ▲ | $9.39B |
| VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. | ▲ | $8.24B |
| FORM Formfactor Inc | ▲ | $8.20B |
| SLAB Silicon Laboratories Inc. | ▼ | $7.37B |
| MXL Maxlinear, Inc | ▲ | $6.47B |
| AAOI Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | ▲ | $6.39B |
| ALGM Allegro Microsystems, Inc. | ▲ | $5.89B |
| CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. | ▲ | $5.41B |
| SYNA Synaptics Inc | ▲ | $4.58B |
| KLIC Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc | ▲ | $4.11B |
| ENPH Enphase Energy, Inc. | ▲ | $4.00B |
| DIOD Diodes Inc /Del/ | ▲ | $3.82B |
| AXTI Axt Inc | ▲ | $3.38B |
| OSIS Osi Systems Inc | ▶ | $3.11B |
| IPGP Ipg Photonics Corp | ▶ | $3.02B |
| PENG Penguin Solutions, Inc. | ▲ | $2.93B |
| AMBA Ambarella Inc | ▲ | $2.72B |
| POWI Power Integrations Inc | ▲ | $2.49B |
| UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. | ▲ | $2.31B |
| HIMX Himax Technologies, Inc. | ▲ | $2.03B |
| NLST Netlist Inc | ▲ | $2.00B |
| NVTS Navitas Semiconductor Corp | ▲ | $1.97B |
| LASR Nlight, Inc. | ▲ | $1.94B |
| SEDG Solaredge Technologies, Inc. | ▲ | $1.93B |
| ICHR Ichor Holdings, Ltd. | ▲ | $1.58B |
| BRKH Blaize Holdings, Inc. | ▼ | $1.45B |
| WOLF Wolfspeed, Inc. | ▲ | $1.23B |
| SHLS Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. | ▲ | $1.21B |
| AMBQ Ambiq Micro, Inc. | ▲ | $1.21B |
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On Oct. 16, 2026, PLAB is rated Neutral: its 90-day Total forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5184 stocks scored that day.
For PLAB, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 34.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 28.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Photronics Inc forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
60 issuers in our coverage, PLAB included, share the SEC industry code Semiconductors & Related Devices. The largest are: Nvidia Corp (NVDA), Broadcom Inc. (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), Intel Corp (INTC), Applied Materials Inc /De (AMAT), Texas Instruments Inc (TXN).
This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.
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