Photronics, Inc. (PLAB)
NASDAQInformation TechnologySemiconductorsSnapshot 2026-09-04
$29.13+3.37%
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NASDAQInformation TechnologySemiconductorsSnapshot 2026-09-04
QuarterlyIQ Insights · PLAB
Price, fair value, and the multiples that frame it on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 10 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-06. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $29 PLAB trades at 14× p/e, below its 47× p/e peer median. Our $50 fair value sits well above the price. We hold it with medium confidence: the peer anchor overstates how cheap it looks. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Score 100 = cheapest in the cohort, 0 = richest. Bars are filled left-to-right based on the peer-relative score (or PEG/self-history where shown).
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dcf fcfe | 12M | $10.57 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | medium |
| dcf fcff | 12M | $19.27 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | medium |
| graham number | 12M | $37.17 | — | — | TTM | medium |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M | $193.30 | 34.8 | 5.30 | TTM | medium |
| Peer P/FCF |
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Above average on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
No fragility gates fired. Regime (Mania) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
At today's price the business can't be justified by any reasonable horizon of the forecast growth; the price already runs past what the model can underwrite. These describe the expectations embedded in the price, not a forecast of the move. Reverse-DCF base: $1.09/sh owner earnings.
Looks cheaper than most peers in the same business.
Around its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1, 2026-Q2
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
| 12M |
| $77.35 |
| 47.2 |
| 1.64 |
| TTM |
| medium |
| Peer P/E | 12M | $99.69 | 47.2 | 2.11 | TTM | medium |
| Peer P/S | 12M | $67.34 | 4.6 | 14.66 | TTM | medium |
| residual income | 12M | $25.57 | — | — | TTM | medium |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $29.54 | 14.0 | 2.11 | TTM | medium |
| triangulated | 12M | $104.68 | 47.2 | 2.22 | Triangulated | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $50.88 | 47.2 | 1.08 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $106.06 | 47.2 | 2.25 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $74.04 | 4.6 | 16.12 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $31.42 | 14.0 | 2.25 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $38.48 | 47.2 | 0.82 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | high |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $112.83 | 47.2 | 2.39 | Analyst | high |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $78.77 | 4.6 | 17.15 | Analyst | high |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $33.43 | 14.0 | 2.39 | Analyst | high |