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Photronics price to free cash flow PLAB

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.0×
10-year median
11.2×
Against its 10-year history
65th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
5.3× to 231×
Peer median
31.7×

Photronics' price to free cash flow is 15.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 11.2×, higher than on 65% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.3× in Oct 2022 to 231× in May 2018.

The median for 10 semiconductor stocks of a similar size is 31.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far15.0×14.7×47.9×
202533.4×6.0×33.4×
202411.6×7.9×12.2×
202311.5×6.6×15.0×
20226.4×5.3×28.9×
202127.5×9.8×35.0×
202010.7×8.6×24.7×
201916.9×16.9×20.2×
201817.1×16.2×231×
2017121×7.0×123×
201612.0×8.7×27.8×
201561.9×26.7×109×
201427.3×13.5×29.5×
201313.7×9.9×20.8×
201214.2×11.6×16.0×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
PLABPhotronics15.0×
CRCTCricutn/m
SHLSShoals Technologiesn/m
VECOVeeco Instruments30.2×
POWIPower Integrations33.2×
IPGPIPG Photonics145×
OSISOSI Systems12.8×
PENGPenguin Solutionsn/m
ACLSAxcelis Technologies50.2×
ACMRACM Researchn/m
DIODDiodes26.2×
Peer median31.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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