Growth Metrics

Photronics (PLAB) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Photronics has reported Gross Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 34.97% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 34.97% for Q1 2026, down 64.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 35.14% (down 105.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 35.3%, down 114.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 34.97% at Photronics, roughly flat from 35.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for PLAB hit a ceiling of 38.71% in Q3 2023 and a floor of 31.54% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 36.52% (2024), compared with a mean of 36.16%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: soared 1157bps in 2022 and later plummeted -310bps in 2024.
  • Photronics' Gross Margin stood at 38.17% in 2022, then decreased by -2bps to 37.32% in 2023, then dropped by -1bps to 36.97% in 2024, then fell by -5bps to 35.01% in 2025, then decreased by 0bps to 34.97% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 34.97% (Q1 2026), 35.01% (Q4 2025), and 33.68% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.