Photronics, Inc. (PLAB)

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Photronics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2022-06-13) (its current reports).

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Photronics, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $451 million in fiscal 2017 to $849 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

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Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-31, Photronics, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 12% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 52 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, Photronics, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 17 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 11 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.0% over the year (the filed statements).

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Photronics, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $849 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 46% by size; a net margin of 16.1% ranks in the top 24%; revenue growth of 1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).

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Photronics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Macricostas, George (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-07-10, 1.3 years (bottom 20% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.5 years (bottom 24%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 13%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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Photronics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $492 million against debt of $13 thousand leaves 27.3% of its assets as net cash, top 22% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7% of revenue (top 44%); a gross margin of 35.3% (bottom 43%); research spending of 1.9% of revenue (bottom 5%) (its annual report).

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Photronics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1% a year over the last three filed years against 8.2% over all 9, slowing (bottom 48% of its family); the newest year grew -2% (bottom 24%); research spending grew -4.8% a year (bottom 17%); capital spending grew 18.7% a year (top 32%) (its annual reports). Photronics, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Mainstream Integrated Circuits at $376 million (44%), High End Integrated Circuits at $239 million (28%), High End Flat Panel Displays at $196 million (23%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

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Photronics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $849 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4.5% below the $889 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $136 million against a prior three-year average of $125 million (top 41%); a net margin of 16.1% against 14.5% before (top 41%) (its annual reports).