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Photronics Inc (PLAB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for PLAB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
PLAB+2.0%+4.4%+0.5%−0.9%
Photomasks & Mask Infrastructure+1.5%+4.6%+0.1%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.7%+5.0%+4.1%—

Against the index: 0.6 pts behind on the week, 3.6 pts behind on the month; against its Photomasks & Mask Infrastructure sleeve 0.4 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.3% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-27
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.81 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How PLAB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.81 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Photronics Inc moved 0.81% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 77% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.76 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.17% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.78% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Semiconductor Equipment & Materials · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against PLAB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Photronics Inc

PLAB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Photronics manufactures photomasks, the patterned plates used to transfer circuit designs onto semiconductor wafers and onto flat panel display substrates. It sells these masks and related optical and electrical components to chip and display designers, manufacturers and foundries across the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea and Europe. The company is based in Brookfield, Connecticut.
Where it sits in the stack
In our Rubin Build-Out 100 index, Photronics sits in Layer 6, Manufacturing Support, within the Photomasks & Mask Infrastructure sleeve. That sleeve covers mask shops and mask-blank suppliers, a small pool of vendors whose output every advanced chip design must pass through before wafers enter the fab, so Photronics is a constraint on how fast new node designs can move into production.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Technology names based in the US, a broad sector-and-country match rather than a direct-business comparison. The name the market names alongside it on photomasks specifically is Toppan Photomask.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Photronics is a Rubin Build-Out 100 constituent and carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation the strongest module and momentum the weakest. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for masks tied to more advanced chip nodes keeps rising faster than the small group of mask suppliers can add capacity.

Photronics Inc (PLAB) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 6 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 51/100 composite (momentum 16, quality 57, valuation 68) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 0 analyst actions on the wire · last print 2026-08-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PLAB from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Latest print EPS 0.50 against 0.40 expected — a +24.0% beat 2026-08-26

Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 97 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What PLAB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 97 m USD 5.6% of today's market value
  • Share count −4.0% in FY2025 13 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 97 m USD · 163% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Photronics Inc (PLAB)?

Photronics Inc trades as PLAB on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is PLAB in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Photronics Inc is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Photronics Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

51 out of 100, with momentum 16, quality 57 and valuation 68 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does PLAB trade against its moving averages?

Resizing — 46.8% off its high: 46.8% below its 52-week high, under its 200-day — a deeper resizing of the trend, not a shallow dip. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is PLAB doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Photronics Inc is +0.5% against +4.1% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 3.6 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Photomasks & Mask Infrastructure sleeve is +0.1% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Photronics Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Photronics Inc had a beta of 0.81 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 77% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.17% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Photronics Inc do?

Photronics manufactures photomasks, the patterned plates used to transfer circuit designs onto semiconductor wafers and onto flat panel display substrates. It sells these masks and related optical and electrical components to chip and display designers, manufacturers and foundries across the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea and Europe. The company is based in Brookfield, Connecticut. Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Technology names based in the US, a broad sector-and-country match rather than a direct-business comparison. The name the market names alongside it on photomasks specifically is Toppan Photomask.

Where does Photronics Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In our Rubin Build-Out 100 index, Photronics sits in Layer 6, Manufacturing Support, within the Photomasks & Mask Infrastructure sleeve. That sleeve covers mask shops and mask-blank suppliers, a small pool of vendors whose output every advanced chip design must pass through before wafers enter the fab, so Photronics is a constraint on how fast new node designs can move into production. Photronics is a Rubin Build-Out 100 constituent and carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation the strongest module and momentum the weakest. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Photronics Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Photronics Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 97 m USD of its own shares, 163% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 4.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Photronics Inc recently?

Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-08-26: EPS 0.50 against 0.40 expected — a +24.0% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PLAB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Semiconductor Equipment & Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.