Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Photronics, Inc shares valued at $330,000 were sold by Park Han Kyung on Sep 03 ’25. At $22.00 per share, Park Han Kyung sold 15,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 103,000 shares worth approximately $2.53 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Progler Christopher J sold 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 219,300 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $21.93 each, the insider now holds 200,591 shares.
Before that, Lee Kang Jyh had sold 8,750 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $203,000, the Director traded Photronics, Inc shares for $23.20 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,750 shares, worth approximately $12.86 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Craig Hallum on June 11, 2025, Photronics, Inc [PLAB] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $32. Analysts at Northland Capital downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of April 11, 2022, Stifel has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for PLAB. Earlier on February 25, 2021, Stifel downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for PLAB stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing PLAB Stock Performance
On last trading session, Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ: PLAB] plunged -0.65% to $24.57. The stock’s lowest price that day was $24.36, but it reached a high of $25.025 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.96%. Over the course of the year, Photronics, Inc shares have jumped approximately 5.13%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $25.51 on 09/23/25 and a 52-week low of $16.46 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Photronics, Inc (PLAB)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 24.27, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 23.97. In the upper region, resistance lies at 24.95. The next price resistance is at 25.32. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 65.44 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Photronics, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Photronics, Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 77773.0 shares to 3.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 3.1 million shares. A jump of 2.45% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.96 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.96.
Which companies own the most shares of Photronics, Inc (PLAB)?
In terms of Photronics, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 25.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 3.11% from the previous closing price of $24.73. Analysts anticipate Photronics, Inc stock to reach 30 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 21. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Photronics, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 11, 2020, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $13.
