$31.49

+0.66 (+2.14%)

Weekly Expected Move ±5.2%

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NASDAQ · Technology · Semiconductors · Tech Score Buy · Power 61 · $1.9B mcap · 57M float · 2.64% daily turnover · Short 60% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

NO EDGE

29.2 / 100

NoneWeakNarrowWide

Primary source: Efficient Scale · ROIC: 27.8% · 5Y Avg: 32.8%

Cost Advantage

Intangibles

Switching Cost

Network Effect

Scale ★

The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. PLAB has No discernible competitive edge (29.2/100). The business operates without significant structural advantages. The primary source of advantage is Efficient Scale. ROIC of 27.8% confirms the company is generating returns well above its cost of capital — a hallmark of durable competitive advantages.

Analyst Insights

Wall Street analyst consensus based on price targets and buy/sell/hold recommendations from institutional research coverage over the trailing 12 months.

Analyst Price Targets

Low

$48

Avg Target

$48

High

Based on 4 analyst ratings (12 mo)

Analyst Recommendations

Strong Buy: 0Buy: 7Hold: 2Sell: 2Strong Sell: 0

Rating Summary

ConsensusBuy

Avg Target$47.50

Analysts4

Price Target Change History

Date	Firm	Analyst	Old	New	Change	Upside @ Call	Stock@Call
2026-05-01	Lake Street	Max Michaelis	Initiated	$55	—	+9.0%	$50.47
2026-03-03	Craig-Hallum	Christian Schwab	$42	$48	+6	+35.7%	$35.37
2025-12-11	Craig-Hallum	—	Initiated	$42	—	+10.7%	$37.94
2025-12-11	D.A. Davidson	—	$30	$45	+15	+15.7%	$38.91
2022-05-26	D.A. Davidson	—	Initiated	$30	—	+51.2%	$19.84
2022-04-11	Stifel Nicolaus	Patrick Ho	Initiated	$21	—	+33.6%	$15.72

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

Oct 02, 2026

DCF

ROE

ROA

D/E

P/E

P/B

The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. PLAB receives an overall rating of A. Strongest factors: DCF (4/5), ROA (4/5), P/E (4/5), P/B (4/5).

Rating Change History

Date	From	To
2026-10-01	A+	A
2026-08-31	A	A+
2026-05-28	A+	A
2026-05-26	A	A+
2026-04-30	A-	A
2026-04-01	A	A-
2026-03-24	A-	A
2026-03-19	A	A-
2026-03-16	A-	A
2026-03-10	A	A-

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 72 Grade A

Profitability

Balance Sheet

Earnings Quality

Growth

Value

Momentum

Safety

100

Cash Flow

The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. PLAB scores highest in Safety (100/100) and lowest in Profitability (53/100). An overall grade of A places PLAB among the highest-quality companies in its peer group.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score

6.27

Safe Zone

Piotroski F-Score

5/9

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

Beneish M-Score

-2.70

Unlikely Manipulator

Ohlson O-Score

-12.42

Bankruptcy prob: 0.0%

Low Risk

Credit Rating

Score: 89.5/100

Trend: Deteriorating

Earnings Quality

75/100

OCF/NI: 1.87x

Accruals: -7.7%

The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. PLAB scores 6.27, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. PLAB scores 5/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Beneish M-Score (1999) is an 8-variable model that detects earnings manipulation by comparing year-over-year changes in receivables, gross margins, asset quality, sales growth, depreciation, SG&A, leverage, and accruals. Scores above −1.78 statistically resemble past manipulators. PLAB's score of -2.70 falls below this threshold, suggesting earnings are unlikely to be manipulated. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. PLAB's implied 0.0% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. PLAB receives an estimated rating of AA (score: 89.5/100), with a deteriorating trend. The Earnings Quality score measures how well reported earnings are backed by real cash. It evaluates the operating cash flow to net income ratio (OCF/NI ≥ 1.0 means every dollar of earnings is cash-backed) and the accruals ratio (the gap between earnings and cash flow relative to assets — lower is better). PLAB's score of 75/100 is high — cash flows strongly support reported earnings.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E

11.05x

PEG

0.18x

P/S

2.14x

P/B

1.43x

P/FCF

16.11x

P/OCF

5.77x

EV/EBITDA

3.28x

EV/Revenue

1.28x

EV/EBIT

4.28x

EV/FCF

10.05x

Earnings Yield

9.28%

FCF Yield

6.21%

Shareholder Yield

0.00%

Graham Number

$37.14

Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. At 11.0x earnings, PLAB trades at a reasonable valuation. An earnings yield of 9.3% exceeds typical risk-free rates, suggesting equities are being compensated for risk. Graham's intrinsic value formula yields $37.14 per share, suggesting a potential 18% margin of safety at the current price.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden

0.637

NI / EBT

Interest Burden

1.000

EBT / EBIT

EBIT Margin

0.299

EBIT / Rev

Asset Turnover

0.463

Rev / Assets

Equity Multiplier

1.556

Assets / Equity

ROE

13.7%

The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. PLAB's ROE of 13.7% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.463), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate

3.87%

Fair P/E

16.24x

Intrinsic Value

$45.66

Price/Value

0.66x

Margin of Safety

33.66%

Premium

-33.66%

Assessment

Neutral

Graham's classic formula uses analyst-projected growth to estimate a fair P/E (8.5 + 2g). Our adjusted version replaces that projection with PLAB's realized 3.9% 3-year EPS CAGR, capped at 15% — demonstrated performance rather than forecasts, held to a rate companies have historically sustained. PLAB trades at a -34% premium to its adjusted intrinsic value of $45.66, suggesting the market is pricing in future growth beyond what historical earnings support. The adjusted fair P/E of 16.2x compares to the current market P/E of 11.0x.

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 1800 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price

$31.49

Median 1Y

$32.29

5th Pctile

$12.80

95th Pctile

$81.01

Ann. Volatility

56.1%

25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical

Executive Compensation

C-suite compensation breakdown including salary, stock awards, options, and incentive pay. The CEO-to-employee pay ratio and Gini coefficient measure pay distribution fairness.

C-Suite Compensation

Executive	Salary	Stock	Total
George C. Macricostas Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	$492,404	$3,773,012	$4,985,316
Frank Lee – resident – PDMC and former Chief Executive Officer	$783,832	$1,929,600	$3,222,906
Eric Rivera Financial Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$410,789	$1,342,160	$2,144,733
David Wang President, e President, COO of IC Operations	$332,625	$916,560	$1,498,436
H.K. Park Manager Vice President and General Manager of FPD Operations	$324,164	$916,560	$1,446,276
Christopher J. Progler Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Strategic Planning	$445,805	$675,360	$1,148,628

CEO Pay Ratio

126:1

CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio

CEO Total Comp: $4,985,316

Avg Employee Cost (SGA/emp): $39,636

Employees: 1,908

C-Suite Pay Equality (Gini)

CEO Compensation Mix

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees

1,908

+1.6% YoY

Revenue / Employee

$445,123

Rev: $849,294,000

Profit / Employee

$71,491

NI: $136,405,000

SGA / Employee

$39,636

Avg labor cost proxy

R&D / Employee

$8,283

Innovation spend

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
ROE	6.8%	8.5%	12.7%	16.5%	20.9%	18.6%	20.1%	17.2%	16.0%	16.2%	13.7%	13.9%	12.5%	13.7%	11.2%	9.9%	11.9%	11.7%	13.6%	13.7%	13.72%
ROA	4.5%	5.5%	8.1%	10.5%	13.3%	11.8%	12.8%	10.9%	10.2%	10.4%	8.8%	9.0%	8.1%	9.0%	7.3%	6.4%	7.8%	7.6%	8.8%	8.8%	8.82%
ROIC	11.0%	14.9%	19.5%	23.8%	25.4%	24.8%	28.3%	33.4%	38.2%	36.1%	36.5%	35.8%	32.7%	33.2%	30.3%	29.2%	30.2%	32.2%	28.2%	27.8%	27.76%
ROCE	9.5%	11.9%	15.1%	18.0%	21.5%	19.2%	20.7%	19.7%	20.2%	20.2%	19.8%	19.0%	16.3%	17.6%	14.7%	12.8%	13.5%	12.9%	13.9%	14.5%	14.45%
Gross Margin	28.7%	31.5%	35.7%	38.1%	38.2%	36.0%	38.6%	38.7%	37.3%	36.6%	36.5%	35.6%	37.0%	35.6%	36.9%	33.7%	35.0%	35.0%	31.3%	33.2%	33.20%
Operating Margin	18.5%	20.1%	25.5%	20.0%	19.7%	26.5%	29.2%	29.1%	28.5%	26.6%	25.8%	24.7%	25.1%	24.6%	26.4%	22.9%	24.3%	24.3%	20.1%	21.1%	21.06%
Net Margin	10.9%	12.2%	22.2%	22.4%	26.3%	6.6%	25.8%	12.0%	19.6%	12.1%	16.7%	16.3%	15.2%	20.2%	4.2%	10.9%	28.6%	19.1%	15.0%	13.4%	13.38%
EBITDA Margin	32.8%	34.0%	24.2%	39.9%	43.2%	28.8%	43.9%	37.9%	46.1%	34.5%	44.9%	39.1%	34.2%	46.2%	23.5%	27.4%	43.7%	41.9%	35.2%	35.1%	35.12%
FCF Margin	6.3%	10.4%	16.8%	21.4%	19.8%	14.1%	16.8%	14.9%	19.2%	19.2%	19.6%	18.3%	15.1%	20.4%	10.5%	7.5%	7.0%	7.6%	11.2%	12.7%	12.73%
OCF Margin	22.7%	26.2%	26.2%	29.4%	33.4%	28.8%	32.3%	31.4%	33.9%	35.2%	35.1%	34.4%	30.2%	34.6%	29.6%	26.7%	29.2%	30.9%	32.8%	35.6%	35.58%
ROE 3Y Avg	snapshot only																				11.92%
ROE 5Y Avg	snapshot only																				13.62%
ROA 3Y Avg	snapshot only																				7.69%
ROIC 3Y Avg	snapshot only																				24.22%
ROIC Economic	snapshot only																				13.40%
Cash ROA	snapshot only																				15.49%
Cash ROIC	snapshot only																				50.42%
CROIC	snapshot only																				18.04%
NOPAT Margin	snapshot only																				19.59%
Pretax Margin	snapshot only																				29.90%
R&D / Revenue	snapshot only																				1.42%
SGA / Revenue	snapshot only																				9.76%
SBC / Revenue	snapshot only																				1.59%

Valuation

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
P/E Ratio	14.27	14.99	8.70	10.61	5.75	7.06	5.00	10.46	7.87	11.95	13.17	11.31	10.88	9.78	9.77	11.05	10.16	14.79	18.47	10.77	11.049
P/S Ratio	1.19	1.51	1.23	1.83	1.21	1.37	1.02	1.86	1.28	2.09	1.99	1.83	1.64	1.67	1.37	1.40	1.63	2.34	3.41	2.05	2.142
P/B Ratio	0.96	1.26	1.10	1.72	1.20	1.26	0.96	1.69	1.17	1.84	1.71	1.50	1.27	1.28	1.06	1.06	1.18	1.67	2.37	1.39	1.431
P/FCF	19.06	14.53	7.32	8.56	6.11	9.68	6.08	12.50	6.67	10.88	10.17	10.03	10.90	8.20	13.02	18.57	23.26	30.62	30.52	16.11	16.113
P/OCF	5.25	5.75	4.68	6.25	3.62	4.75	3.16	5.92	3.77	5.94	5.68	5.34	5.44	4.83	4.63	5.25	5.59	7.57	10.41	5.77	5.766
EV/EBITDA	3.22	3.75	2.93	4.35	2.33	2.83	1.48	3.49	1.86	3.78	3.39	2.82	2.43	2.26	2.00	2.22	2.68	4.67	7.20	3.28	3.279
EV/Revenue	0.95	1.20	0.90	1.43	0.83	0.97	0.58	1.34	0.73	1.54	1.39	1.16	0.93	0.93	0.72	0.73	0.95	1.60	2.68	1.28	1.280
EV/EBIT	5.98	6.16	3.88	5.47	2.83	3.42	1.93	4.55	2.42	4.88	4.40	3.66	3.24	2.94	2.72	3.09	3.62	6.30	9.48	4.28	4.281
EV/FCF	15.22	11.54	5.35	6.66	4.19	6.84	3.45	9.05	3.83	8.00	7.07	6.35	6.17	4.56	6.82	9.65	13.49	20.96	23.94	10.05	10.053
Earnings Yield	7.0%	6.7%	11.5%	9.4%	17.4%	14.2%	20.0%	9.6%	12.7%	8.4%	7.6%	8.8%	9.2%	10.2%	10.2%	9.0%	9.8%	6.8%	5.4%	9.3%	9.28%
FCF Yield	5.2%	6.9%	13.7%	11.7%	16.4%	10.3%	16.5%	8.0%	15.0%	9.2%	9.8%	10.0%	9.2%	12.2%	7.7%	5.4%	4.3%	3.3%	3.3%	6.2%	6.21%
PEG Ratio	snapshot only																				0.181
Price/Tangible Book	snapshot only																				1.389
EV/OCF	snapshot only																				3.598
EV/Gross Profit	snapshot only																				3.804
Acquirers Multiple	snapshot only																				5.695
Shareholder Yield	snapshot only																				0.00%
Graham Number	snapshot only																				$37.14

Leverage & Solvency

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Current Ratio	3.13	3.13	3.42	3.44	3.33	3.52	3.89	4.05	4.24	4.36	4.32	4.67	5.07	5.66	5.13	4.99	5.37	4.58	5.05	4.94	4.941
Quick Ratio	2.81	2.80	3.10	3.18	3.06	3.25	3.59	3.76	3.97	4.09	4.04	4.38	4.76	5.31	4.76	4.62	4.99	4.28	4.69	4.61	4.613
Debt/Equity	0.14	0.12	0.10	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.003
Net Debt/Equity	-0.19	-0.26	-0.29	-0.38	-0.38	-0.37	-0.41	-0.47	-0.50	-0.49	-0.52	-0.55	-0.55	-0.57	-0.51	-0.51	-0.50	-0.53	-0.51	-0.52	-0.522
Debt/Assets	0.09	0.07	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.002
Debt/EBITDA	0.60	0.43	0.36	0.22	0.16	0.12	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.012
Net Debt/EBITDA	-0.81	-0.97	-1.08	-1.24	-1.07	-1.18	-1.13	-1.33	-1.38	-1.36	-1.49	-1.63	-1.87	-1.81	-1.82	-2.05	-1.94	-2.15	-1.98	-1.98	-1.977
Interest Coverage	36.07	45.37	57.56	80.93	128.69	229.08	222.82	380.18	623.00	615.72	640.37	753.22	744.63	934.98	1217.94	1133.15	2112.74	3714.68	4340.86	51845.40	51845.400
Equity Multiplier	1.57	1.59	1.59	1.59	1.58	1.57	1.56	1.56	1.57	1.55	1.55	1.54	1.53	1.51	1.55	1.56	1.54	1.57	1.56	1.55	1.554
Cash Ratio	snapshot only																				3.410
Debt Service Coverage	snapshot only																				67683.200
Cash to Debt	snapshot only																				172.826
FCF to Debt	snapshot only																				28.354
Defensive Interval	snapshot only																				3241.7 days

Efficiency & Turnover

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Asset Turnover	0.53	0.55	0.57	0.60	0.63	0.61	0.63	0.61	0.63	0.59	0.58	0.55	0.54	0.52	0.52	0.50	0.48	0.48	0.47	0.46	0.463
Inventory Turnover	8.83	8.53	8.99	10.19	9.96	9.28	9.56	10.28	11.04	10.78	10.16	9.98	10.35	10.17	9.46	9.24	9.29	9.30	8.84	8.97	8.969
Receivables Turnover	4.30	4.52	4.37	4.45	4.25	4.32	4.30	4.24	4.36	4.11	4.17	4.60	4.26	4.73	4.58	4.71	4.04	4.95	4.88	4.58	4.579
Payables Turnover	7.10	6.09	6.39	6.68	6.55	5.93	6.34	5.91	6.80	6.50	5.92	5.81	6.77	6.37	5.93	5.80	6.74	5.66	5.78	3.92	3.916
DSO	85	81	84	82	86	84	85	86	84	89	87	79	86	77	80	77	90	74	75	80	79.7 days
DIO	41	43	41	36	37	39	38	36	33	34	36	37	35	36	39	40	39	39	41	41	40.7 days
DPO	51	60	57	55	56	62	58	62	54	56	62	63	54	57	62	63	54	64	63	93	93.2 days
Cash Conversion Cycle	75	64	67	63	67	62	65	60	63	66	62	53	67	56	57	54	76	48	53	27	27.2 days
Fixed Asset Turnover	snapshot only																				0.908
Operating Cycle	snapshot only																				120.4 days
Cash Velocity	snapshot only																				1.288
Capital Intensity	snapshot only																				2.297

Growth (YoY)

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Revenue	8.9%	16.5%	20.6%	25.9%	24.2%	20.6%	16.7%	10.0%	8.2%	6.1%	1.7%	-0.4%	-2.8%	-3.9%	-3.2%	-1.8%	-2.0%	-0.1%	0.5%	1.2%	1.25%
Net Income	64.0%	1.2%	1.9%	2.3%	2.1%	1.3%	68.7%	13.0%	-16.3%	-4.2%	-24.6%	-9.0%	-9.8%	-6.2%	-10.5%	-23.3%	4.4%	-7.4%	32.6%	52.2%	52.19%
EPS	74.3%	1.3%	2.0%	2.3%	2.1%	1.3%	67.7%	11.8%	-17.2%	-5.5%	-25.7%	-9.7%	-10.2%	-6.7%	-8.4%	-21.0%	12.3%	-0.6%	38.0%	57.0%	56.98%
FCF	-42.4%	13.9%	3.9%	2.3%	2.9%	64.3%	16.8%	-23.7%	4.9%	44.4%	18.7%	22.7%	-23.6%	1.8%	-48.2%	-59.5%	-54.4%	-62.5%	7.0%	71.0%	71.01%
EBITDA	23.5%	49.7%	44.6%	51.8%	49.2%	29.1%	48.5%	29.0%	20.0%	26.4%	6.4%	6.6%	-5.9%	-3.0%	-15.4%	-21.8%	-9.4%	-16.5%	4.6%	20.4%	20.36%
Op. Income	47.9%	1.0%	1.3%	1.2%	85.8%	59.9%	36.8%	36.9%	44.1%	31.6%	16.9%	0.3%	-12.5%	-15.1%	-11.3%	-8.0%	-5.9%	-2.4%	-8.5%	-8.0%	-8.05%
OCF Growth	snapshot only																				35.07%
Asset Growth	snapshot only																				13.58%
Equity Growth	snapshot only																				13.78%
Debt Growth	snapshot only																				143.19%
Shares Change	snapshot only																				-3.05%

Growth (CAGR)

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Revenue 3Y	7.4%	9.3%	11.6%	13.9%	14.4%	13.0%	13.4%	12.4%	13.5%	14.2%	12.7%	11.3%	9.3%	7.1%	4.7%	2.5%	1.0%	0.6%	-0.4%	-0.3%	-0.31%
Revenue 5Y	6.5%	8.7%	10.7%	12.7%	12.8%	12.7%	12.3%	11.3%	10.8%	10.8%	10.5%	10.1%	9.5%	8.1%	7.5%	6.8%	6.9%	7.4%	6.8%	6.5%	6.53%
EPS 3Y	17.0%	23.2%	45.8%	66.1%	84.9%	72.0%	79.6%	64.1%	64.7%	71.4%	55.4%	49.0%	32.0%	26.7%	4.5%	-7.2%	-5.8%	-4.3%	-2.0%	3.9%	3.87%
EPS 5Y	6.3%	24.1%	47.6%	64.3%	71.6%	61.0%	53.0%	40.1%	32.6%	32.5%	31.0%	35.9%	36.3%	35.0%	31.6%	25.8%	35.1%	36.1%	36.5%	32.7%	32.66%
Net Income 3Y	9.7%	19.4%	39.0%	61.6%	79.7%	67.6%	76.0%	61.3%	62.4%	70.7%	55.3%	49.8%	33.1%	27.9%	4.4%	-7.6%	-7.6%	-5.9%	-3.6%	2.0%	2.02%
Net Income 5Y	3.7%	21.0%	43.9%	60.3%	67.5%	57.2%	46.9%	34.8%	28.1%	30.5%	27.8%	34.1%	34.4%	33.4%	29.7%	24.0%	32.2%	34.0%	34.8%	31.4%	31.43%
EBITDA 3Y	7.3%	13.5%	16.5%	23.8%	29.1%	23.3%	29.6%	27.6%	30.3%	34.7%	31.7%	27.8%	19.0%	16.5%	10.2%	2.5%	0.8%	0.8%	-2.0%	0.1%	0.12%
EBITDA 5Y	9.7%	16.8%	25.6%	32.3%	30.8%	23.1%	19.8%	17.1%	17.2%	19.0%	20.1%	21.1%	19.4%	18.1%	14.4%	11.6%	13.5%	14.6%	15.1%	14.5%	14.48%
Gross Profit 3Y	8.3%	14.8%	23.2%	31.5%	34.9%	34.3%	34.9%	33.0%	35.7%	37.5%	33.3%	29.4%	23.7%	16.7%	10.6%	4.5%	0.3%	-1.1%	-4.0%	-4.2%	-4.18%
Gross Profit 5Y	7.1%	13.1%	19.3%	25.8%	26.6%	26.7%	24.8%	22.0%	20.6%	21.2%	21.8%	21.9%	21.2%	19.3%	18.4%	16.8%	17.4%	18.3%	15.8%	14.7%	14.69%
Op. Income 3Y	12.9%	25.1%	39.8%	51.1%	49.9%	47.4%	48.3%	48.3%	58.2%	62.4%	53.4%	44.7%	32.8%	21.3%	12.3%	8.1%	5.9%	2.9%	-1.8%	-5.3%	-5.34%
Op. Income 5Y	12.5%	22.7%	34.7%	46.6%	40.7%	40.7%	36.0%	30.8%	31.0%	32.7%	34.3%	36.5%	33.5%	29.1%	27.6%	24.6%	26.7%	28.9%	24.0%	20.7%	20.71%
FCF 3Y	3.0%	—	—	—	—	46.7%	28.7%	21.3%	33.3%	39.3%	89.3%	46.1%	46.5%	34.2%	-10.4%	-27.7%	-28.5%	-18.0%	-13.0%	-5.3%	-5.31%
FCF 5Y	-10.4%	0.2%	10.9%	23.0%	1.0%	1.1%	—	—	35.1%	—	—	—	—	35.9%	5.6%	-2.4%	-3.7%	0.6%	30.3%	16.6%	16.64%
OCF 3Y	4.9%	31.7%	29.4%	51.5%	56.5%	26.0%	27.6%	29.5%	28.3%	31.6%	30.4%	19.0%	20.1%	17.6%	9.0%	-0.8%	-3.4%	3.0%	0.1%	3.9%	3.92%
OCF 5Y	4.3%	10.7%	13.5%	17.4%	23.2%	20.4%	26.2%	20.1%	18.3%	31.5%	28.0%	34.9%	29.5%	19.6%	13.3%	12.5%	11.6%	14.0%	15.1%	11.6%	11.64%
Assets 3Y	5.3%	5.2%	7.1%	6.6%	5.6%	8.6%	8.6%	7.9%	8.7%	8.7%	8.2%	8.7%	9.8%	8.5%	8.5%	9.1%	11.1%	9.7%	10.0%	9.8%	9.81%
Assets 5Y	5.5%	6.2%	5.6%	6.0%	5.2%	5.9%	5.7%	6.7%	6.6%	6.7%	8.1%	8.1%	8.9%	8.7%	8.5%	7.9%	8.7%	9.1%	8.8%	9.2%	9.20%
Equity 3Y	2.7%	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%	2.6%	6.1%	6.5%	6.7%	6.6%	7.8%	8.0%	9.3%	10.8%	10.4%	9.6%	9.8%	12.2%	9.6%	10.2%	10.0%	10.04%
Book Value 3Y	9.6%	6.6%	8.2%	6.5%	5.6%	8.9%	8.7%	8.6%	8.1%	8.3%	8.1%	8.8%	9.9%	9.4%	9.7%	10.2%	14.3%	11.5%	12.0%	12.0%	12.04%
Dividend 3Y	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Growth Quality

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Revenue Stability	0.94	0.95	0.94	0.92	0.93	0.92	0.93	0.92	0.92	0.93	0.94	0.92	0.90	0.87	0.83	0.78	0.68	0.66	0.60	0.62	0.620
Earnings Stability	0.12	0.55	0.61	0.61	0.60	0.66	0.72	0.75	0.68	0.76	0.73	0.80	0.67	0.79	0.57	0.48	0.48	0.55	0.44	0.37	0.373
Margin Stability	0.94	0.89	0.84	0.77	0.75	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.77	0.79	0.80	0.82	0.81	0.80	0.81	0.82	0.824
Rev. Growth Consistency	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.500
Earn. Growth Consistency	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.500
FCF Positive Streak	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Earnings Persistence	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.95	0.93	0.98	0.90	0.96	0.96	0.98	0.96	0.91	0.98	0.97	0.87	0.50	0.500
Earnings Smoothness	0.52	0.24	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.49	0.88	0.82	0.96	0.72	0.91	0.90	0.94	0.89	0.74	0.96	0.92	0.72	0.59	0.586
ROE Trend	0.03	0.04	0.08	0.11	0.15	0.12	0.11	0.06	0.01	0.02	-0.03	-0.03	-0.06	-0.04	-0.05	-0.05	-0.02	-0.03	0.01	0.01	0.015
Gross Margin Trend	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.01	-0.00	-0.01	-0.01	-0.01	-0.02	-0.02	-0.03	-0.03	-0.025
FCF Margin Trend	0.10	0.02	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.04	0.06	0.00	0.06	0.07	0.03	0.00	-0.04	0.04	-0.08	-0.09	-0.10	-0.12	-0.04	-0.00	-0.002
Sustainable Growth Rate	6.8%	8.5%	12.7%	16.5%	20.9%	18.6%	20.1%	17.2%	16.0%	16.2%	13.7%	13.9%	12.5%	13.7%	11.2%	9.9%	11.9%	11.7%	13.6%	13.7%	13.72%
Internal Growth Rate	4.7%	5.8%	8.8%	11.7%	15.3%	13.4%	14.6%	12.2%	11.3%	11.6%	9.6%	9.9%	8.8%	9.8%	7.8%	6.8%	8.4%	8.2%	9.6%	9.7%	9.67%

Cash Flow Quality

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
OCF/Net Income	2.72	2.61	1.86	1.70	1.59	1.49	1.58	1.77	2.09	2.01	2.32	2.12	2.00	2.03	2.11	2.11	1.82	1.95	1.77	1.87	1.868
FCF/OCF	0.28	0.40	0.64	0.73	0.59	0.49	0.52	0.47	0.57	0.55	0.56	0.53	0.50	0.59	0.36	0.28	0.24	0.25	0.34	0.36	0.358
FCF/Net Income	snapshot only																				0.669
OCF/EBITDA	snapshot only																				0.911
CapEx/Revenue	16.5%	15.8%	9.5%	7.9%	13.6%	14.7%	15.5%	16.6%	14.7%	16.0%	15.5%	16.1%	15.1%	14.2%	19.1%	19.1%	22.2%	23.3%	21.6%	22.8%	22.85%
CapEx/Depreciation	snapshot only																				2.501
Accruals Ratio	-0.08	-0.09	-0.07	-0.07	-0.08	-0.06	-0.07	-0.08	-0.11	-0.11	-0.12	-0.10	-0.08	-0.09	-0.08	-0.07	-0.06	-0.07	-0.07	-0.08	-0.077
Sloan Accruals	snapshot only																				0.001
Cash Flow Adequacy	snapshot only																				1.557
Earnings Quality Score	snapshot only																				0.750

Dividends & Buybacks

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Dividend Yield	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00%
Dividend/Share	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Payout Ratio	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00%
FCF Payout Ratio	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00%
Total Payout Ratio	87.0%	53.3%	26.1%	10.9%	0.0%	1.5%	1.4%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%	63.9%	89.8%	71.4%	68.0%	13.0%	0.0%	0.00%
Div. Increase Streak	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chowder Number	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Buyback Yield	6.1%	3.6%	3.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	6.5%	8.1%	7.0%	4.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.00%
Net Buyback Yield	6.1%	3.6%	2.9%	0.9%	-0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.2%	6.5%	8.0%	7.0%	4.5%	0.6%	-0.1%	-0.08%
Total Shareholder Return	6.1%	3.6%	2.9%	0.9%	-0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.2%	6.5%	8.0%	7.0%	4.5%	0.6%	-0.1%	-0.08%

DuPont Factors

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT)	0.54	0.53	0.61	0.66	0.72	0.68	0.68	0.60	0.54	0.56	0.48	0.51	0.53	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.62	0.62	0.65	0.64	0.637
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT)	0.96	0.97	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.000
EBIT Margin	0.16	0.19	0.23	0.26	0.29	0.28	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.29	0.32	0.26	0.24	0.26	0.25	0.28	0.30	0.299
Asset Turnover	0.53	0.55	0.57	0.60	0.63	0.61	0.63	0.61	0.63	0.59	0.58	0.55	0.54	0.52	0.52	0.50	0.48	0.48	0.47	0.46	0.463
Equity Multiplier	1.52	1.55	1.57	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.57	1.57	1.56	1.56	1.55	1.55	1.53	1.55	1.55	1.53	1.54	1.55	1.56	1.556

Per Share

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
EPS (Diluted TTM)	$0.91	$1.16	$1.72	$2.24	$2.82	$2.67	$2.89	$2.51	$2.33	$2.52	$2.15	$2.27	$2.09	$2.35	$1.97	$1.79	$2.35	$2.34	$2.72	$2.81	$2.81
Book Value/Share	$13.52	$13.76	$13.68	$13.87	$13.55	$14.98	$15.09	$15.51	$15.71	$16.42	$16.58	$17.11	$17.97	$18.00	$18.06	$18.58	$20.24	$20.75	$21.19	$21.81	$29.97
Tangible Book/Share	$13.51	$13.76	$13.68	$13.87	$13.59	$14.98	$15.09	$15.51	$15.71	$16.42	$16.58	$17.11	$17.97	$18.00	$18.06	$18.58	$20.24	$20.75	$21.19	$21.81	$21.81
Revenue/Share	$10.90	$11.51	$12.20	$12.98	$13.43	$13.76	$14.15	$14.12	$14.37	$14.41	$14.18	$13.97	$13.90	$13.77	$14.05	$14.14	$14.65	$14.77	$14.70	$14.76	$14.90
FCF/Share	$0.68	$1.19	$2.05	$2.78	$2.65	$1.94	$2.38	$2.10	$2.75	$2.77	$2.78	$2.56	$2.09	$2.80	$1.48	$1.07	$1.03	$1.13	$1.64	$1.88	$1.90
OCF/Share	$2.48	$3.01	$3.20	$3.81	$4.48	$3.97	$4.58	$4.43	$4.87	$5.07	$4.98	$4.80	$4.19	$4.76	$4.16	$3.77	$4.27	$4.57	$4.82	$5.25	$5.30
Cash/Share	$4.54	$5.16	$5.39	$6.21	$5.84	$6.08	$6.71	$7.68	$8.25	$8.37	$8.97	$9.72	$10.27	$10.25	$9.16	$9.51	$10.14	$10.91	$10.89	$11.46	$11.56
EBITDA/Share	$3.22	$3.67	$3.74	$4.26	$4.77	$4.70	$5.53	$5.44	$5.66	$5.86	$5.80	$5.76	$5.30	$5.65	$5.02	$4.64	$5.16	$5.07	$5.47	$5.76	$5.76
Debt/Share	$1.92	$1.59	$1.35	$0.94	$0.74	$0.55	$0.46	$0.43	$0.43	$0.38	$0.35	$0.32	$0.37	$0.04	$0.00	$0.00	$0.10	$0.00	$0.07	$0.07	$0.07
Net Debt/Share	$-2.62	$-3.57	$-4.04	$-5.28	$-5.10	$-5.53	$-6.25	$-7.25	$-7.83	$-8.00	$-8.62	$-9.39	$-9.90	$-10.21	$-9.16	$-9.51	$-10.04	$-10.91	$-10.82	$-11.39	$-11.39

Academic Models

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Altman Z-Score	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.269
Altman Z-Prime	snapshot only																				12.429
Piotroski F-Score	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	5	5	5	5
Beneish M-Score	-2.78	-2.91	-2.80	-2.79	-3.09	-2.68	-2.84	-2.90	-3.01	-2.96	-3.02	-2.94	-2.71	-3.00	-2.79	-2.66	-2.49	-2.47	-2.58	-2.70	-2.701
Ohlson O-Score	snapshot only																				-12.419
ROIC (Greenblatt)	snapshot only																				14.96%
Net-Net WC	snapshot only																				$12.40
EVA	snapshot only																				$108634531.89

Credit

Metric	Q4'21	Q1'22	Q2'22	Q3'22	Q4'22	Q1'23	Q2'23	Q3'23	Q4'23	Q1'24	Q2'24	Q3'24	Q4'24	Q1'25	Q2'25	Q3'25	Q4'25	Q1'26	Q2'26	Q3'26	Current
Credit Rating	snapshot only																				AA
Credit Score	84.60	87.21	88.14	92.98	93.82	93.88	93.80	93.41	93.75	93.60	93.80	93.55	93.03	93.20	93.27	93.19	93.34	93.29	93.02	89.50	89.500
Credit Grade	snapshot only																				3
Credit Trend	snapshot only																				-3.690
Implied Spread (bps)	snapshot only																				80.000
Industry Credit Rank	snapshot only																				64
Sector Credit Rank	snapshot only																				82

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