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Photronics Inc.

$29.78 -$0.55 (-1.81%) 1D After hours
Session Pulse Overnight session 1 mentions on Fri · 0 bullish / 1 bearish tags No new SEC filings since Mon close its sector ranked 9/11 this week Full pulse →

Key Metrics

$1.79B
Market cap
11.24×
P/E · TTM
$861.17M
Revenue · TTM
$159.06M
Net income
EPS · TTM $2.72
Dividend yield
Free cash flow $96.34M
Beta · 1Y 2.88
EBITDA · TTM $319.77M
Gross margin 33.8%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jul 7
    From its May 11 high, the share price fell 50%.

    Peak close $54.96 on May 11; trough close $27.55 on Jul 7. The drawdown is the fact — the chapters around it are the context.

    RECEIPT: PRICE SERIES, PEAK-TO-TROUGH -50%
  • May 28
    The stock moved -36.4% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, May 28
  • Feb 25
    The stock moved +14.7% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Feb 25

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$1.79B
Enterprise value$1.15B
Shares outstanding59.0M
52-wk range$19.45 – $56.00
Avg volume · 20D681.4K
Net cash $633.80M
Book value / share$21.19
IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices
ExchangeNASDAQ
About Photronics Inc.
IPO dateMar 10, 1987
Employees1908

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.

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Valuation

P/E11.24
P/S2.08
P/FCF18.56
EV/EBITDA3.61
EV/Sales1.34
Graham №$35.99

Profitability

Gross 33.8%
Operating 28.2%
Net 18.5%
FCF 11.2%
ROE / ROIC 13.5% · 34.8%

Financial Health

Current ratio5.05
Quick ratio4.69
Debt / equity0.00
Debt / EBITDA 0.01Low leverage
Net cash $633.80M
Working capital$756.96M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $282.16M
Capex −$185.82M
Free cash flow $96.34M
Buybacks $20.74M
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield 1.2%

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 5 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

6.5
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$35.99 vs $29.78
Trades below classic defensive value — Graham-cheap
Fundamentals through 2026-05-03 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings