Photronics (PLAB) FCF Margin (2011 - 2026)
Photronics' FCF Margin came in at 18.21% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 6.23 percentage points from 11.99% a year earlier and up 17.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Photronics (PLAB) FCF Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 2, 2026, Photronics reported FCF Margin of 12.74%, up 5.21 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it was 7.02%, down 8.03 percentage points from FY2024.
- FCF Margin has declined in each of the last three fiscal years, with a five-year change of -4.82 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, FCF Margin was 15.05% in FY2024 (-4.10 pp), 19.16% in FY2023 (-0.59 pp), 19.75% in FY2022 (+13.47 pp) and 6.28% in FY2021 (-5.57 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly FCF Margin is -13.79% (fiscal Q2 2025) to 36.87% (fiscal Q3 2022).
- Year-over-year, FCF Margin has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.85 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in FCF Margin over five years came in fiscal Q2 2022 (a gain of 29.00 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 39.82 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows PLAB's FCF Margin at 0.59% (Q2 2026), 22.05% (Q1 2026) and 9.40% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 5,369.70 Bn | 5,143.86 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 22.24% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,240.62 Bn | 1,865.48 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 61.66% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,610.24 Bn | 1,536.29 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 46.18% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 1,032.70 Bn | 938.34 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 60.60% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 903.31 Bn | 860.06 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 13.51% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 651.41 Bn | 607.10 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 474.60 Bn | 343.73 Bn | 6.51 Bn | 27.59% |
| 8 | Lam Research | 327.65 Bn | 304.45 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 18.87% |
| 9 | Applied Materials | 324.38 Bn | 289.82 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 25.56% |
| 10 | Photronics | 1.68 Bn | -854.37 Mn | 71.73 Mn | 18.21% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 18.21% |
| May 3, 2026 | 0.59% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 22.05% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 9.40% |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 11.99% |
| May 4, 2025 | -13.79% |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 20.40% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 11.30% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 24.01% |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 26.03% |
| Jan 28, 2024 | -0.83% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 23.80% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 28.90% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 24.15% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | -1.62% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 6.31% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 36.87% |
| May 1, 2022 | 13.95% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 21.05% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 11.52% |
Photronics FCF Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=PLAB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=PLAB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();