Photronics, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Electronics & Appliances
  • ISIN: US7194051022
USD
33.93
15.6 (85.11%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Why is Photronics, Inc. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 24.66%
3
The company declared negative results in Apr'25 after positive results in Jan'25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 228.35 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 9.89%
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At USD 38.73 MM has Fallen at -30.89%
4
With ROE of 15.52%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.05 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 43.40%, its profits have fallen by -17.4%
5
High Institutional Holdings at 95.86%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 43.40% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Photronics, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Electronics & Appliances should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Electronics & Appliances)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Photronics, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Photronics, Inc.
-100.0%
0.47
66.32%
S&P 500
15.4%
0.81
19.85%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.78%
EBIT Growth (5y)
24.66%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.51
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.81
Tax Ratio
23.78%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
96.05%
ROCE (avg)
34.20%
ROE (avg)
15.47%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
7
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.05
EV to EBIT
2.74
EV to EBITDA
2.13
EV to Capital Employed
1.09
EV to Sales
0.69
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
39.82%
ROE (Latest)
15.52%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

2What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

-18What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 228.35 MM

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 9.89%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 38.73 MM has Fallen at -30.89%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.58% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 9.24 times

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at USD 210.39 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 67.01 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 31.85 %

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 22.89 MM has Fallen at -23.68%

Here's what is not working for Photronics, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 38.73 MM has Fallen at -30.89%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 56.04 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 228.35 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Lowest at USD 210.39 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 67.01 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 31.85 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Net Profit
At USD 22.89 MM has Fallen at -23.68%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 29.99 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 9.24 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 5.58% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales