Photronics (PLAB) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2020)

Photronics (PLAB) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 9 consecutive years, with 0.18 the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2020.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2020 came in at 0.18, down 74.3% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Oct 2020 was 0.12 (up 130.34% YoY), and the FY2021 annual result was 0.23, up 85.34% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.18 in Q4 2020, from 0.71 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.77 in Q2 2017 and bottomed at 1.63 in Q3 2018.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.44 across 5 years, with a median of 0.18 in 2020.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2017 and 2018: FCF Payout Ratio surged 94.78% in 2017, then plunged 68448.65% in 2018.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.0 in 2016, then tumbled by 364.53% to 0.0 in 2017, then tumbled by 68448.65% to 1.63 in 2018, then soared by 143.58% to 0.71 in 2019, then tumbled by 74.3% to 0.18 in 2020.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.18, 0.71, and 0.52 for Q4 2020, Q4 2019, and Q1 2019 respectively.