FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $132.4545.

Several equities research analysts recently commented on FORM shares. Stifel Nicolaus set a $135.00 price objective on FormFactor in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Zacks Research cut FormFactor from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Loop Capital set a $64.00 price objective on FormFactor in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Northland Securities set a $118.00 price objective on FormFactor in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Craig Hallum upgraded FormFactor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th.

Insider Activity at FormFactor

In related news, CEO Mike Slessor sold 9,438 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.52, for a total transaction of $1,194,095.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 447,037 shares in the company, valued at approximately $56,559,121.24. This represents a 2.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Aric Brendan Mckinnis sold 3,462 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.42, for a total value of $313,034.04. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 11,140 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,007,278.80. This trade represents a 23.71% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 45,385 shares of company stock worth $4,968,350. 0.79% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of FormFactor

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in FormFactor during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. UMB Bank n.a. increased its position in FormFactor by 128.9% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 499 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 281 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in FormFactor by 84.4% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 990 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 453 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in FormFactor by 547.8% during the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 882 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Torren Management LLC purchased a new stake in FormFactor during the fourth quarter valued at $41,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

FormFactor Stock Performance

FormFactor stock opened at $126.27 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 4.55 and a quick ratio of 3.69. FormFactor has a one year low of $26.08 and a one year high of $159.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.84 billion, a PE ratio of 145.14 and a beta of 1.32. The business’s fifty day moving average is $117.15 and its 200 day moving average is $85.26.

FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The semiconductor company reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.11. FormFactor had a return on equity of 9.31% and a net margin of 8.14%.The company had revenue of $226.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $225.54 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.23 earnings per share. FormFactor’s revenue was up 31.9% compared to the same quarter last year. FormFactor has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.650 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that FormFactor will post 2.03 EPS for the current year.

FormFactor Company Profile

FormFactor, Inc (NASDAQ:FORM) is a leading provider of advanced test and measurement solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company specializes in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance wafer-level and package-level test interfaces used in wafer sort, characterization, reliability and failure analysis applications. By leveraging precision microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and photolithographic processes, FormFactor delivers probe cards, analytical probes and test sockets that enable device makers to validate next-generation integrated circuits across logic, memory, RF, analog and power applications.

FormFactor’s product portfolio includes custom probe cards for wafer probers, TEM-based analytical probes for material and device characterization, and socket solutions for burn-in and final test of packaged devices.