The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Photronics, Inc shares valued at $345,100 were sold by Lee Kang Jyh on Jan 16 ’26. At $34.51 per share, Lee Kang Jyh sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 410,850 shares worth approximately $14.89 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Park Han Kyung sold 7,500 shares, netting a total of over 252,750 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $33.70 each, the insider now holds 81,750 shares.
Before that, Park Han Kyung had sold 6,250 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $218,062, the SVP & GM of FPD Ops traded Photronics, Inc shares for $34.89 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,250 shares, worth approximately $2.74 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] rose 5.26% to $36.25. The stock’s lowest price that day was $34.27, but it reached a high of $36.899 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.57%. Over the course of the year, Photronics, Inc shares have jumped approximately 47.54%.
Is Photronics, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Photronics, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -2.19 million shares to 3.22 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.42 million shares. A decline of -68.09% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.57 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.57.
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 43.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 26.31% from the previous closing price of $34.44. Analysts anticipate Photronics, Inc stock to reach 45 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 42. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Photronics, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 11, 2020, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $13.
