PLAB Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own PLAB shares is 370, representing 90.02% of the company's common stock.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG\, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in PLAB by -23.21% restricting it's holding to 143.17 thousand shares of worth nearly $4.05M. MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ also lessened -0.22% of the PLAB shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 84.98 thousand shares of worth $2.41M. INVESCO LTD. also shunned PLAB shares holding by -15.44% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.36 million shares worth $38.49M.

As per its latest 13F filing, AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC increased its stake in PLAB by 26.49% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.49 million shares having worth more than $42.28M. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 6.22% more shares of PLAB to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.23 million shares of worth $34.92M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also increased its PLAB shares holding by 2.25% which brought its holding to 905.83 thousand shares worth $25.65M.

The insider with the most stakes in PLAB is Lee Kang Jyh , CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER at the company. Additionally, PLAB stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer KIRLIN PETER S and EVP, Chief Technology Officer Progler Christopher J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 3.71% percent of Photronics, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 15 transaction(s) in which PLAB insiders have sold stock, totaling 178.5K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include LEE KANG JYH, PARK HAN KYUNG, and FIEDEROWICZ WALTER M.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Photronics, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 4.56M Photronics, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 3.71% of PLAB stock.

PLAB CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Lee Kang Jyh holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. PLAB shares owned by Lee total nearly 562.1 thousand.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ is the largest institutional owner in PLAB which holds 143.17 thousand shares worth $4.05M or 0.23% of the total PLAB shares outstanding followed by MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ with ownership of 84.98 thousand shares representing 0.14% of the PLAB ownership. AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.49 million shares or 2.42% of the ownership worth more than $42.28M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the PLAB is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of PLAB shares short is 2.26M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 63.34M shares of PLAB are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, PLAB has 60.96M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for PLAB is 6.07.