PLAB
Underperforming without a clear catalyst yet
- PLAB −1.23% on the last session vs SPY −0.04%: −1.2 pts of stock-specific move.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Best and worst times to own PLAB in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Dec 9, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 | +45.4% | #2 | May 27, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | -36.4% | #2 |
| one week | Dec 4, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | +65.2% | #2 | May 27, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | -40.0% | #2 |
| one month | Nov 11, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | +80.5% | #17 | May 8, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | -46.6% | #5 |
| 3 months | Nov 25, 2025 | Feb 25, 2026 | +91.3% | #34 | May 26, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | -44.4% | #19 |
| 6 months | Nov 11, 2025 | May 11, 2026 | +150.0% | #33 | Apr 15, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | -38.9% | #53 |
| one year | Apr 22, 2025 | Apr 22, 2026 | +183.2% | #37 | Oct 15, 2024 | May 30, 2025 | -29.2% | #128 |
Rank #2 for the best one week means 1 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
-1.2% | -5.7% | +2.8% | -5.9% | -38.9% | +19.2% |
| Best one single day Dec 9, 2025 |
+1.7% | +9.4% | +18.3% | +15.2% | +40.2% | -0.5% |
| Best one week Dec 4, 2025 |
-0.9% | +5.8% | +6.2% | +8.1% | +33.3% | -4.0% |
| Best one month Nov 11, 2025 |
-2.2% | -2.8% | +0.7% | +10.8% | +13.0% | -14.5% |
| Best 3 months Nov 25, 2025 |
+4.6% | +10.5% | -4.8% | +3.2% | +16.9% | -10.5% |
| Best 6 months Nov 11, 2025 |
-2.2% | -2.8% | +0.7% | +10.8% | +13.0% | -14.5% |
| Best one year Apr 22, 2025 |
-0.1% | -1.7% | -15.8% | -26.1% | -24.9% | -31.2% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.