WINTON GROUP Ltd Makes New Investment in FormFactor, Inc. $FORM

WINTON GROUP Ltd purchased a new position in shares of FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 10,938 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $610,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. State of Wyoming grew its holdings in FormFactor by 18.4% during the 3rd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,680 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $61,000 after acquiring an additional 261 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in FormFactor by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 16,073 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $897,000 after acquiring an additional 370 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC grew its holdings in FormFactor by 58.9% during the 4th quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 1,050 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,000 after acquiring an additional 389 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund grew its holdings in FormFactor by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 17,767 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $991,000 after acquiring an additional 408 shares during the period. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in FormFactor by 84.4% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 990 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 453 shares during the period. 98.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Mike Slessor sold 11,294 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.72, for a total value of $1,442,469.68. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 449,565 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,418,441.80. This trade represents a 2.45% decrease in their position. The sale 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, Director Dennis Thomas St sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.84, for a total transaction of $115,840.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 31,873 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,692,168.32. The trade was a 3.04% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 45,365 shares of company stock worth $5,412,663 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.79% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently commented on FORM. Craig Hallum upgraded FormFactor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Evercore upgraded FormFactor from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $155.00 target price for the company in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Weiss Ratings upgraded FormFactor from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Northland Securities set a $118.00 target price on FormFactor in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on FormFactor to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $132.45.

FormFactor Stock Performance

Shares of FORM opened at $115.81 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 4.55 and a quick ratio of 3.69. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $128.14 and a 200-day moving average of $94.49. The company has a market cap of $9.03 billion, a PE ratio of 133.12 and a beta of 1.26. FormFactor, Inc. has a one year low of $26.08 and a one year high of $159.09.

FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) last issued its earnings results 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $225.54 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.23 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities research analysts predict that FormFactor, Inc. will post 2.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

FormFactor 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.