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Insider Cluster ·Filed Oct 1, 2026

PLAB

PHOTRONICS INC
BEARISH
Impact 4/10
Horizondays Processed25d 22h ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $596K total
Actionable Insight ▼ Bearish

Two insiders at Photronics sold a combined $596K in open-market transactions over a one-week window, with a director selling $308K and an SVP selling $289K. The total represents roughly 0.18% of market cap, a modest but notable cluster of selling with no 10b5-1 plan indicated.

DirectionBearish
Confidencemedium
Horizondays
Latest settled — T+5d
PLAB ▼ -5.94% at T+5d
SHORT call ✓ call won +5.94% · α vs SPY +7.10% · entry $31.49 → $29.62
Next anchor: T+20d tomorrow
Latest observation: T+15 +6.43% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Oct 1, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-1.33%
call +1.33% · α +2.01%
$31.07
settled 25d ago
T+5d
-5.94%
call +5.94% · α +7.10%
$29.62
settled 19d ago
T+20d
Pending
tomorrow
T+60d
Pending
in 2mo

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Executive Summary

Two insiders at Photronics sold a combined $596K in open-market transactions over a one-week window, with a director selling $308K and an SVP selling $289K. The total represents roughly 0.18% of market cap, a modest but notable cluster of selling with no 10b5-1 plan indicated.

Key Facts

  • Director Lee Kang Jyh sold 10,000 shares at $30.75 on 2026-09-29 for $308K
  • SVP & GM Han Kyung sold 9.5K shares at $30.37 on 2026-09-25 for $289K
  • Total cluster value of $596K in open-market sales over 5 trading days
  • No 10b5-1 plan or tax-withholding (F) codes present — both transactions are open-market (S)
  • Cluster represents ~0.18% of market cap (market cap ~$326M based on $30.75 price and ~10.6M shares outstanding)

Financial Impact

Two open-market sales totaling $596K, ~0.18% of market cap — modest but not trivial for a cluster of open-market sales

dilution

Investment Themes

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-PLAB-1790902388118
18 reports for PLAB
Performance horizon
90% Hit rate @ T+60 9 of 10 directional calls Went positive at some point 13 of 13 best @ T+60▲ +38.06%Apr 8, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for PLAB — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 1, 2026
25d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$31.49awaiting T+60—$28.82 (+8.48%)
Oct 1, 2026
25d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$31.49awaiting T+60—$28.82 (+8.48%)
Sep 29, 2026
27d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$30.78awaiting T+60—$28.82 (+6.37%)
Aug 26, 2026
8w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$30.25awaiting T+60—$28.82 (−4.73%)
Aug 12, 2026
10w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$33.48awaiting T+60—$28.82 (−13.92%)
May 28, 2026
21w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$34.02 $30.51▲ +10.32%▲ +12.05%$28.82 (+15.29%)
May 14, 2026
23w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$50.02 $32.99▼ −34.05%▼ −38.56%$28.82 (−42.38%)
May 13, 2026
23w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$51.86 $32.65▼ −37.04%▼ −41.48%$28.82 (−44.43%)
Apr 17, 2026
27w ago
144
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$48.38 $29.47▼ −39.09%▼ −45.23%$28.82 (−40.43%)
Apr 13, 2026
28w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$45.71 $29.90▲ +34.59%▲ +43.30%$28.82 (+36.95%)
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US Market Status

Market Closed — Opens Wed (< 1m)

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Report published Oct 1, 2026