PLAB Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Photronics | NASDAQ:PLAB)

Photronics Inc is a U.S.-based company principally engaged in the manufacturing of photomasks, which are high-precision photographic quartz or glass plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits. Photomasks are a key element in the manufacture of integrated circuits (ICs) and flat-panel displays (FPDs) and are used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers and FPD substrates during fabrication, as well as to a lesser extent, other types of electrical and optical components. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, China, South Korea, the United States, and Europe, and generates revenue globally, with Taiwan contributing the majority of total revenue.

Photronics trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol PLAB.

As of August 14, 2026, PLAB stock price declined to $33.32 with 473,956 million shares trading.

PLAB has a beta of 1.11, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. PLAB has a correlation of 0.03 to the broad based SPY ETF.

PLAB has a market cap of $1.96 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter Photronics reported $210 million in Revenue and $.42 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-6 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.11.

In the last 3 years, PLAB traded as high as $56.00 and as low as $16.46.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that PLAB belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, AVUV, VTI, IWM, PSI.

PLAB has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +56.1% while the SPY ETF gained +21.5%. However, in the short term, PLAB had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -35.9% vs +4.0% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, PLAB shares have fared better than the market returning +10.0% compared to SPY +3.9%.

PLAB support price is $32.20 and resistance is $34.76 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that PLAB shares will trade within this expected range on the day.