Photronics (PLAB) Selling, General & Administrative (2011 - 2026)
Photronics' Selling, General & Administrative came in at $22.54 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 22.4% from $18.42 million a year earlier and up 8.6% from the prior quarter.
Photronics (PLAB) Selling, General & Administrative (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 2, 2026, Photronics reported Selling, General & Administrative of $84.61 million, up 10.4% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it was $75.63 million, down 2.7% from FY2024.
- Selling, General & Administrative carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Selling, General & Administrative was $77.76 million in FY2024 (+12.0%), $69.46 million in FY2023 (+8.5%), $63.99 million in FY2022 (+11.2%) and $57.53 million in FY2021 (+7.4%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Selling, General & Administrative in data going back to fiscal Q2 2011.
- Year-over-year, Selling, General & Administrative has increased for three consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 8.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Selling, General & Administrative over five years came in fiscal Q4 2024 (growth of 25.6%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 5.2%).
- Business Quant data shows PLAB's Selling, General & Administrative at $20.76 million (Q2 2026), $21.31 million (Q1 2026) and $20 million (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 5,136.26 Bn | 4,910.42 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 1.35 Bn |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,136.54 Bn | 1,761.41 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 676.02 Mn |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,540.90 Bn | 1,466.94 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 996.00 Mn |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 967.10 Bn | 872.74 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 859.00 Mn |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 829.08 Bn | 785.83 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 1.40 Bn |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 608.19 Bn | 563.87 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 435.73 Bn | 304.86 Bn | 6.51 Bn | 1.18 Bn |
| 8 | Applied Materials | 298.50 Bn | 263.94 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 162.00 Mn |
| 9 | Lam Research | 288.46 Bn | 265.26 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 322.33 Mn |
| 10 | Photronics | 1.62 Bn | -913.43 Mn | 71.73 Mn | 22.54 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 22.54 Mn |
| May 3, 2026 | 20.76 Mn |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 21.31 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 20.00 Mn |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 18.42 Mn |
| May 4, 2025 | 18.10 Mn |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 19.10 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 21.01 Mn |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 19.44 Mn |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 19.00 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 18.32 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 16.73 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 18.03 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 17.88 Mn |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 16.82 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 15.68 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 15.96 Mn |
| May 1, 2022 | 16.61 Mn |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 15.73 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 14.32 Mn |
Photronics Selling, General & Administrative API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=PLAB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=PLAB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();