PLAB (PLAB)
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.
BUY-ZONE DECISION rule signal
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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IMPLIED VOLATILITY
Earnings Reactions
| 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.