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Profile - Photronics, Inc. (NasdaqNM:PLAB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 15Earnings Announcement
July 31Fiscal quarter ended
Location
1061 East Indiantown Road
Jupiter, FL 33477
Phone: (561) 745-1222
Fax: (561) 775-9000
Email: mccarthy@brk.photronics.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,650
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 22%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 49.0K shares
  (0.7% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 78% (100% of float)
(345 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.67M shares (+7.69%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Photronics, Inc. is a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision photographic quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits. Photomasks are a key element in the manufacture of semiconductors and are used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits and, to a lesser extent, other types of electrical components. The Company operates principally from 13 facilities, seven of which are located in the United States, four in Europe, one in Singapore and one in Taiwan. The Company also provides mask-related technology consulting and data processing services through its D2W division.
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Financial Summary
PLAB manufactures photomasks, which are photographic quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers. For the nine months ended 7/31/01, net sales rose 21% to $284.1 million. Net loss totaled $6 million vs. an income of $1.4 million. Revenues reflect the addition of the Company's new Taiwan operations and average selling prices. Net loss reflect higher operating and restructuring costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Constantine Macricostas, 65
Chairman, CEO
$372K--  
James Mac Donald, 54
Pres, Director
332K--  
Michael Yomazzo, 58
Vice Chairman
268K$3.9M
Robert Bollo, 56
CFO, Sr. VP
98K--  
James Eder, 55
VP, Sec., Gen. Counsel
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Oct-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:PLABAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Nov-2000
$15.25 
Recent Price$23.86 
52-Week High
on 7-Mar-2001
$38.438
Beta2.39 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)496.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)387.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-16.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+11.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$715.5M
Shares Outstanding30.0M
Float23.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Dec-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.56 
Earnings (ttm)$0.08 
Earnings (mrq)$0.06 
Sales (ttm)$11.89 
Cash (mrq)$0.82 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.50 
Price/Earnings (ttm)287.47 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.01 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$380.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$33.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$2.78M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.96%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.48 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.58 
Total Cash (mrq)$24.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.83M
Percent of Float7.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.15M
Short Ratio3.90 
Daily Volume469.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001)

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