Photronics, Inc. (PLAB) short interest & options flow
NASDAQPhotronics heads into the back half of August with a notable disconnect: the stock has shed 8% in a week, yet short sellers are actively covering, not adding. The short-side story is the most interesting angle this week. Short interest has fallen 14% over the past week to 6.6% of the free float — the lowest reading in the 30-day window — after briefly touching above 4.5 million…
PLAB short interest climbs 32% in one week to 6.8% of float, though shares dipped 1.8% today as earnings miss sparked $1.1B selloff.
- Market cap
- $1.65B
- Next earnings
- 9 Dec 2026
Key data as of 4 Nov 2026
Latest signals on PLAB
- Short Interest
PLAB short interest climbs 32% in one week to 6.8% of float, though shares dipped 1.8% today as earnings miss sparked $1.1B selloff.
- Options
PLAB put-call ratio surges to 0.2554, hitting a 4.04 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.1287 — the highest Z-score in weeks, signaling extreme bullish options positioning after the stock plunged 37% in a week.
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