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David A. Garcia bought $50k of PLAB

director at PHOTRONICS INC. 2,650 shares at an average of $19.00, traded Jun 27, 2025, filed Jun 30, 2025.

Conviction score
36
Value
$50k
2,650 shares
Holdings after
10,198
+35% from before
From 52-week low
+12%
low $16.71, close $18.74
From 52-week high
-33%
high $28.06, as of Jun 27, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $50k at market
    +7
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 35%
    +6
  • Price context
    33% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +12.9%, 3m +22.4%, 6m +75.1%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

PLABOct 9, 2026 · close 29.62
Since filing Jun 30, 2025: +57.3%SPY +27.7% · excess +29.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001140361-25-024248, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jun 27, 2025POpen-market purchase
COMMON STOCK
+2,650$19.00$50k10,198Jun 30, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at PHOTRONICS INC and this insider’s other filings.

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37Weak
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PLABsell 6
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Rui Zhang
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$213k
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-14%
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PLABsell 6
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-5%
47Moderate
PLABsell 7
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63Notable
PLABsell 7
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Hsueh-Chun Wang
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$872k
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-14%
27Weak
PLABsell 7
PHOTRONICS INC
Kang Jyh Lee
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$225k
5,000 shares
-1%
28Weak
PLABsell 7
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Eric Rivera
President, CFO
$45k
1,000 shares
-1%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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