Growth Metrics

Photronics (PLAB) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Photronics (PLAB) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.04% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 10.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.04%, down 10.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 13.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.04% in Q1 2026 per PLAB's latest filing, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.19% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 15bps in 2023, then fell -16bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.04% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 332bps to 0.19% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 0.19% in 2024, then tumbled by -84bps to 0.03% in 2025, then soared by 40bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.04% in Q1 2026, 0.03% in Q4 2025, and 0.14% in Q1 2025.