Growth Metrics

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

Photronics has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 15 years, most recently at 0.62% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.62% for Q1 2026, down 54.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.62% (down 54.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.51%, down 15.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.62% at Photronics, down from 0.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for PLAB hit a ceiling of 2.69% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 8.15% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.02% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.48%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: crashed -819bps in 2023 and later soared 818bps in 2024.
  • Photronics' Return on Invested Capital stood at 1.46% in 2022, then surged by 102bps to 0.03% in 2023, then plummeted by -1116bps to 0.34% in 2024, then tumbled by -71bps to 0.58% in 2025, then decreased by -9bps to 0.62% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.62% (Q1 2026), 0.58% (Q4 2025), and 0.47% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.