Photronics PE ratio PLAB

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 9.9×
10-year median: 16.4×
Against its 10-year history: 9th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 7.1× to 47.8×
Peer median: 37.8×

Photronics' PE ratio is 9.9× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $28.15 against $2.84 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 16.4×, lower than on 91% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.1× in May 2025 to 47.8× in Oct 2017.

The median for 10 semiconductor stocks of a similar size is 37.8×.

PE ratio over time

median 16.4×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	9.9×	9.7×	22.8×
2025	14.7×	7.1×	20.6×
2024	11.4×	9.7×	16.4×
2023	15.4×	8.1×	16.3×
2022	8.7×	8.7×	21.7×
2021	20.7×	18.0×	27.1×
2020	19.2×	15.4×	33.5×
2019	34.4×	13.7×	34.4×
2018	16.1×	15.3×	44.5×
2017	42.6×	16.9×	47.8×
2016	14.0×	10.3×	19.5×
2015	28.3×	19.9×	29.9×
2014	20.9×	18.6×	31.6×
2013	32.1×	11.3×	32.1×
2012	11.1×	9.1×	12.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Semiconductors nearest Photronics' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
PLABPhotronics	9.9×
CRCTCricut	14.9×
SHLSShoals Technologies	39.9×
VECOVeeco Instruments	117×
POWIPower Integrations	104×
IPGPIPG Photonics	109×
OSISOSI Systems	21.9×
PENGPenguin Solutions	22.0×
ACLSAxcelis Technologies	35.8×
ACMRACM Research	24.0×
DIODDiodes	43.8×
Peer median	37.8×

Where Photronics ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.