Quality Investor

PLAB

Rank #403

Rank #403 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.16) · ROE 11.0% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000810136 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginimproving
  • Gross profitabilityimproving
  • Net cashimproving
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equityimproving
  • Share count (dilution)improving

Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2022-10-31filed 2022-12-232018-10-31filed 2018-12-212017-10-29filed 2018-12-212016-10-30filed 2018-12-21
Income statement
Revenue824.5535.3450.7483.5
Revenue growth (YoY)83.0%18.8%18.8%18.8%
Gross profit294.2131.5131.5131.5
Gross margin35.7%24.6%24.6%24.6%
Net income118.842.113.146.2
Net margin14.4%7.9%7.9%7.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.94$0.59$0.19$0.64
EPS growth (YoY)228.8%210.5%-70.3%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow275.2130.696.8122.1
Capital expenditures112.392.6
Free cash flow162.838.038.038.0

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?