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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-048970"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAB"
cik: "0000810136"
company_name: "PHOTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:56:39.296842+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Photronics reports Q4 revenue $222.6M, GAAP EPS $0.54; guides Q1 $208-216M

## Summary
- Full-year fiscal 2024 revenue $866.9M, down 3% YoY; GAAP EPS $2.09 vs $2.03 prior year.
- Q4 revenue $222.6M, down 2% YoY, up 6% sequentially; GAAP EPS $0.54 vs $0.72 YoY.
- IC segment Q4 revenue $163.7M (+5% sequentially); FPD segment $58.9M (+7% sequentially).
- Cash and short-term investments $640.7M, debt $18.0M; operating cash flow $68.4M in Q4.
- Q1 fiscal 2025 guidance: revenue $208-216M, non-GAAP EPS $0.43-0.49.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-048970
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAB
- cik: 0000810136
- company_name: PHOTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036124048970/0001140361-24-048970-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/810136/000114036124048970/ef20039799_8k.htm

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