Photronics Ownership | Who Owns Photronics?

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Photronics Ownership Summary

Photronics is owned by 76.08% institutional investors, 4.05% insiders, and 19.87% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 16.46% of PLAB shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 6.18% of its assets in Photronics shares.

PLAB Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Photronics	76.08%	4.05%	19.87%
Sector	Technology Stocks	35.28%	13.10%	51.62%
Idea	Semiconductor Stocks List	60.61%	7.19%	32.20%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	10.17M	16.46%	$250.80M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	8.83M	14.81%	$282.48M
Vanguard group	5.67M	9.51%	$181.46M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	4.05M	6.80%	$129.75M
Lsv asset management	2.88M	4.84%	$92.27M
American century companies	2.41M	4.00%	$55.36M
Victory capital management	2.31M	3.83%	$52.91M
State street	2.24M	3.72%	$51.47M
Geode capital management	1.83M	3.07%	$58.55M
Morgan stanley	1.41M	2.36%	$45.06M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Meros investment management, lp	504.81K	4.95%	$11.59M
Mill road capital management	324.62K	3.88%	$7.45M
Kestrel investment management	201.85K	3.66%	$6.46M
Penbrook management	110.68K	2.44%	$3.54M
Needham investment management	760.00K	1.22%	$17.44M
Denali advisors	313.40K	1.11%	$10.03M
Easterly investment partners	422.67K	0.83%	$13.53M
Illumine investment management	34.94K	0.81%	$1.12M
Summerhaven investment management	42.65K	0.77%	$1.36M
Heartland advisors	385.15K	0.66%	$12.32M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Victory capital management	2.31M	0.03%	2.02M
Lsv asset management	2.88M	0.20%	370.49K
Norges bank	360.63K	0.00%	360.63K
Walleye trading	353.03K	0.02%	353.03K
Barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss	225.19K	0.02%	225.19K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Rubric capital management lp	-	-	-1.86M
Invesco	309.79K	0.00%	-885.70K
Millennium management	42.65K	0.00%	-319.76K
Lord, abbett	-	-	-300.13K
Foundry partners	-	-	-275.49K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	360.63K	0.00%	360.63K	$11.54M
Walleye trading	353.03K	0.02%	353.03K	$11.30M
Barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss	225.19K	0.02%	225.19K	$7.21M
Campbell & co investment adviser	40.86K	0.06%	40.86K	$1.31M
Y-intercept (hong kong)	33.69K	0.02%	33.69K	$1.08M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Atlantic union bankshares	-1.00
Newedge advisors	-1.00
Riggs asset managment	-5.00
Mendota financial group	-8.00
Principal securities	-10.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	242	-13.26%	45,346,777	-15.62%	76	0.96%	113	-10.32%	94	-6.00%
Sep 30, 2025	262	2.75%	53,369,504	3.12%	88	1.22%	116	-9.38%	97	12.79%
Jun 30, 2025	262	1.16%	54,092,103	-2.38%	88	1.12%	126	-3.82%	93	8.14%
Mar 31, 2025	256	-7.25%	55,450,946	-2.98%	89	1.04%	129	-12.84%	86	4.88%
Dec 31, 2024	168	-37.78%	41,638,691	-23.94%	67	0.86%	91	-36.81%	48	-44.83%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	3.58M	6.18%	-620.09K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	2.29M	3.95%	8.04K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.77M	3.06%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.93M	3.04%	-
Vanguard Information Technology ETF	1.46M	2.51%	6.23K
Victory Small Cap Value CIT (Net 75)	1.40M	2.42%	1.36M
Victory Sycamore Small Company Opp R	1.40M	2.42%	-146.00K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.38M	2.38%	78.78K
Invesco Semiconductors ETF	1.21M	2.10%	2.72K
DFA US Small Cap Value I	873.08K	1.51%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jan 16, 2026	Lee Kang Jyh	-	Sell	$345.10K
Jan 13, 2026	Park Han Kyung	SVP & GM of FPD Ops	Sell	$252.75K
Jan 16, 2026	Park Han Kyung	SVP & GM of FPD Ops	Sell	$218.06K
Jan 15, 2026	Lee Kang Jyh	-	Sell	$341.30K
Jan 13, 2026	Lee Kang Jyh	-	Sell	$344.20K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	12
2025 Q4	-	10
2025 Q3	-	6
2025 Q2	1	6
2025 Q1	-	10

PLAB Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Photronics?

Photronics’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (10.17M shares, 16.46%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (8.83M shares, 14.81%), and Vanguard group (5.67M shares, 9.51%). Together, they hold 40.78% of Photronics’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Photronics?

Yes, BlackRock owns 16.46% of Photronics, totaling 10.17M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 250.8M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -249K shares, a -2.39% change.

Who is Photronics’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Meros investment management, lp is Photronics’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.95% of its assets in 504.81K Photronics shares, valued at 11.59M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Photronics shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Photronics shares, with 6.18% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.58M Photronics shares.

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