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How Photronics, Inc. stacks up
PLAB · against 489 other Technology companies of similar size
Valuation
96/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #15 of 490 · scores higher than 96% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score53 peers with a valuation score of 90–100, including PLAB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 96?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 77% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 6.7% vs peer median 2.7%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 95% of peers. Earnings yield: 10.0% vs peer median 2.2%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 96% of peers. EBITDA yield: 28.1% vs peer median 4.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PLAB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PLAB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 483 reported | 10.0% | 2.4% | 96% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 495 reported | 18.9% | 4.7% | 96% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 176 reported | 6.7% | 3.4% | 75% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 485 reported | 78.6% | 33.5% | 87% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PLAB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.1B USD | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 1.7B USD | 100 | 67 | |
| 3 | 16.7B HKD (≈$2.1B) | 98 | 80 | |
| 3 | 69.0B TWD (≈$2.1B) | 98 | 65 | |
| 3 | 32.0B TWD (≈$990M) | 98 | 68 | |
| 15 | 355.6B JPY (≈$2.4B) | 96 | 58 | |
| 15 | 211.9B JPY (≈$1.4B) | 96 | 70 | |
| 15 | 12.0B HKD (≈$1.5B) | 96 | 87 | |
| 15 | 2.2B USD | 96 | 44 | |
| 15 | 1.7B USD | 96 | 78 | |
| 15 | 1.5B USD | 96 | 77 | |
| 22 | 206.3B JPY (≈$1.4B) | 95 | 54 | |
| 22 | 2.0B USD | 95 | 60 | |
| 22 | 2.4B SGD (≈$1.8B) | 95 | 72 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score