Photronics, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Electronics & Appliances
  • ISIN: US7194051022
USD
43.26
3.99 (10.16%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Financial
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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 26.65%
3
The company declared negative results in Apr'25 after positive results in Jan'25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 247.8 MM
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 5.45% (YoY)
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 9.29 times
4
With ROE of 16.21%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.73 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 95.76%, its profits have risen by 3.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 3.4
5
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 3.95% over the previous quarter.
6
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 95.76% 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.
99.17%
0.86
73.65%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.71
19.28%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.85%
EBIT Growth (5y)
26.65%
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
100.00%
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
11
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.73
EV to EBIT
6.95
EV to EBITDA
5.06
EV to Capital Employed
2.47
EV to Sales
1.71
PEG Ratio
3.41
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
35.48%
ROE (Latest)
16.21%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

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Financial Trend scale:

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

5What is working for the Company
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 75.96 MM has Grown at 51.46%

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 61.8 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 1.07

-5What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 247.8 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.45% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 9.29 times

Here's what is working for Photronics, Inc.

Net Profit
At USD 61.8 MM has Grown at 127.9%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 27.12 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 75.96 MM has Grown at 51.46%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 50.15 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 61.8 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 1.07
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

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

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 247.8 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 9.29 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 5.45% (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