FY2025 EPS Estimates for FormFactor Lifted by Zacks Research

FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of FormFactor in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, April 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the semiconductor company will post earnings of $0.80 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.79. The consensus estimate for FormFactor’s current full-year earnings is $0.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for FormFactor’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.27 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.13 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.08 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.21 EPS.

FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.29 by ($0.14). FormFactor had a net margin of 9.12% and a return on equity of 5.93%.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on FORM. B. Riley cut shares of FormFactor from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $64.00 to $34.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of FormFactor in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Citigroup raised FormFactor from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $51.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on FormFactor from $48.00 to $42.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Evercore ISI lowered their target price on FormFactor from $50.00 to $43.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, FormFactor has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $48.50.

FormFactor Price Performance

FORM stock opened at $27.14 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $31.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.99. FormFactor has a 12 month low of $22.58 and a 12 month high of $63.63. The company has a quick ratio of 3.83, a current ratio of 4.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The firm has a market cap of $2.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.49 and a beta of 1.15.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On FormFactor

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FORM. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio acquired a new stake in FormFactor in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Versant Capital Management Inc increased its stake in shares of FormFactor by 256.3% in the first quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 861 shares during the period. Pinpoint Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of FormFactor during the fourth quarter worth about $43,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of FormFactor by 63.8% during the fourth quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 1,130 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 440 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in shares of FormFactor by 4,732.4% in the fourth quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 1,643 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 1,609 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other FormFactor news, CEO Mike Slessor sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.24, for a total transaction of $112,960.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 514,650 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,533,716. The trade was a 0.77 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.96% of the company’s stock.

About FormFactor

FormFactor, Inc designs, manufactures, and sells probe cards, analytical probes, probe stations, metrology systems, thermal systems, and cryogenic systems to semiconductor companies and scientific institutions in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Europe, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and internationally.