Photronics (PLAB) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026)
Photronics' EBT Margin came in at 25.40% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 6.99 percentage points from 18.41% a year earlier but down 0.25 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Photronics (PLAB) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 2, 2026, Photronics reported EBT Margin of 29.90%, up 6.47 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it was 26.11%, down 2.42 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin carries a five-year change of +16.01 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, EBT Margin was 28.54% in FY2024 (-1.72 pp), 30.26% in FY2023 (+1.27 pp), 28.99% in FY2022 (+13.62 pp) and 15.37% in FY2021 (+5.26 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly EBT Margin is 14.19% (fiscal Q2 2025) to 36.68% (fiscal Q4 2023).
- Year-over-year, EBT Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.87 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBT Margin over five years came in fiscal Q2 2022 (a gain of 15.54 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 21.11 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows PLAB's EBT Margin at 25.65% (Q2 2026), 33.12% (Q1 2026) and 35.21% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 5,369.70 Bn | 5,143.86 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 74.32% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,240.62 Bn | 1,865.48 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 67.89% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,610.24 Bn | 1,536.29 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 51.62% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 1,032.70 Bn | 938.34 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 81.58% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 903.31 Bn | 860.06 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 22.11% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 651.41 Bn | 607.10 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 474.60 Bn | 343.73 Bn | 6.51 Bn | -67.08% |
| 8 | Lam Research | 327.65 Bn | 304.45 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 38.01% |
| 9 | Applied Materials | 324.38 Bn | 289.82 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 31.89% |
| 10 | Photronics | 1.68 Bn | -854.37 Mn | 71.73 Mn | 25.40% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 25.40% |
| May 3, 2026 | 25.65% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 33.12% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 35.21% |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 18.41% |
| May 4, 2025 | 14.19% |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 36.37% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 24.61% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 29.52% |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 35.29% |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 24.84% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 36.68% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 28.70% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 35.16% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 19.68% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 33.93% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 30.63% |
| May 1, 2022 | 28.08% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 22.60% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 20.59% |
Photronics EBT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=PLAB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "PLAB", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=PLAB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();