In a filing, Photronics, Inc revealed its Former Officer Progler Christopher J acquired Company’s shares for reported $2.41 million on Jan 13 ’26. In the deal valued at $33.23 per share,72,591 shares were bought.
Then, Lee Kang Jyh bought 10,000 shares, generating $344,157 in total proceeds.
Before that, Park Han Kyung bought 7,500 shares. Photronics, Inc shares valued at $252,750 were divested by the Officer at a price of $33.70 per share.
Craig Hallum initiated its Photronics, Inc [PLAB] rating to a Buy in a research note published on June 11, 2025; the price target was $32. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Northland Capital’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late May from “an Outperform” to “a Market perform”. Stifel also remained covering PLAB and has increased its forecast on April 11, 2022 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. Stifel revised its rating on February 25, 2021. It rated PLAB as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of PLAB
On Tuesday, Photronics, Inc [NASDAQ:PLAB] saw its stock fall -0.92% to $33.39. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.14%. Photronics, Inc shares have risen nearly 41.90% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 4.34% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Photronics, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Photronics, Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -2.19 million shares to a total of 3.22 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.42 million shares. There was a decline of -68.09%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
