PLAB (PLAB)

Secondary decision view: valuation · portfolio context · the data you need before acting on a single-source signal.
Neutral

PLAB earns a NEUTRAL bucket because its price sits well above the valuation-based floor, volatility is unremarkable, and no risk alerts are firing.

  • Current price of $54.96 trades 169.6% above the nearest floor (EPV-based floor ~$54.40), placing PLAB in the 'far' buyzone bucket.
  • Implied volatility (54.03%) is neutral, ranking in the 40.7th percentile over the past 221 days, indicating typical option pricing without extreme stress.
  • Zero red alerts or risk warnings appear, leaving no downside catalyst to justify a bearish or bullish skew beyond the current mid-range stance.
Verdict bucket from deterministic rule (validation / floor distance / risk alerts). LLM narration only — never picks the bucket.

BUY-ZONE DECISION rule signal

$54.96 $20.39 engine floor
far above at floor

PLAB is far above the floor (~169.6% above) — adding here means paying a premium vs. your own threshold. Wait or take partial position only with a strong directional view.

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VALUATION

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Floor Engine

partial USD 54.96 Confidence medium
discount-to-floor: 2.70×
VALUATION medium
USD 20.39
PE reverts to historical 5th-percentile (extreme undervaluation)
Default fallback to valuation method
EPV medium
USD 54.40
Zero-growth scenario + current cash/debt (Greenwald franchise value)
EPV GROWTH PREMIUM low
USD 148.41
EPV × franchise-value multiplier (compounder premium when ROIC > WACC)

YOUR WATCHLIST CONTEXT

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$XXX.XX
Your golden
$XXX.XX
Market
XXX

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IMPLIED VOLATILITY

CURRENT IV 54.0% HV (30D) 54.0% IV RANK (1Y) 41 NEUTRAL
IV vs HV · last 1 year

Earnings Reactions

PLAB
8 earnings events · last 2 years
Avg Gap%
+2.44%
Avg Day%
+7.70%
Up Hit Rate
62%
Next Earnings · est.
2026-05-27
in 14d
24-05
24-08
24-12
25-02
25-05
25-08
25-12
26-02
Bar height = |Gap%| normalized to the period max. Green = up, red = down.
Date Time EPS Surprise Gap% Day% Week%
2026-02-25 BMO 0.61 +15.1% +3.45% +14.69% +0.00%
2025-12-10 BMO 0.60 +34.8% +25.26% +45.39% +28.30%
2025-08-27 BMO 0.51 +32.5% +5.43% +7.63% -0.22%
2025-05-28 BMO 0.40 -16.7% -9.97% -15.55% -10.17%
2025-02-26 BMO 0.52 +10.6% +0.48% +1.98% +1.01%
2024-12-11 BMO 0.59 +13.5% +17.26% +10.82% -1.62%
2024-08-29 BMO 0.51 -8.9% -5.98% +3.49% -8.64%
2024-05-22 BMO 0.46 -16.4% -16.38% -6.86% -4.07%

Is PLAB (PLAB) overvalued right now?

Whether PLAB (PLAB) is overvalued depends on the lens you use: trailing P/E vs its own history, CAPE vs the broader market, earnings yield vs Treasury yields. We surface all three so you don't have to pick one in isolation.

PLAB (PLAB) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?

Selling cash-secured puts on PLAB (PLAB) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.

PLAB (PLAB) — which option strategy fits your view?

If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on PLAB (PLAB), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.

PLAB (PLAB) — is now a good entry?

Entry timing on PLAB (PLAB) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.

FAQ

Why does PLAB show different P/E numbers on different sites?

Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.

Does this page show PLAB's implied volatility?

Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.

How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's PLAB page?

Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.