Natixis Advisors LLC Buys 59,452 Shares of FormFactor, Inc. $FORM

Natixis Advisors LLC increased its stake in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) by 19.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 366,396 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 59,452 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.47% of FormFactor worth $13,344,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State of Wyoming raised its position in shares of FormFactor by 18.4% in the third quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,680 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $61,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of FormFactor by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 22,796 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $830,000 after buying an additional 335 shares during the period. Amalgamated Bank grew its stake in FormFactor by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 22,420 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $817,000 after buying an additional 411 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its stake in FormFactor by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 116,154 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,230,000 after buying an additional 414 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its holdings in FormFactor by 84.4% in 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. Institutional investors own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

FormFactor Stock Down 3.7%

NASDAQ FORM opened at $88.40 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.50. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $83.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.49. FormFactor, Inc. has a twelve month low of $22.58 and a twelve month high of $107.04. The stock has a market cap of $6.89 billion, a PE ratio of 128.12 and a beta of 1.03.

FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The semiconductor company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $215.16 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $210.29 million. FormFactor had a return on equity of 6.64% and a net margin of 6.93%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.27 earnings per share. FormFactor has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.410-0.490 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that FormFactor, Inc. will post 0.9 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at FormFactor

In related news, Director Kelley Steven-Waiss sold 2,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $93.70, for a total value of $206,140.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 30,579 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,865,252.30. This represents a 6.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Brian C. White sold 2,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.01, for a total value of $230,023.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 10,556 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,055,705.56. This trade represents a 17.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 103,324 shares of company stock valued at $8,035,286 in the last quarter. 0.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on FORM shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of FormFactor from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Loop Capital set a $64.00 price objective on FormFactor in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Piper Sandler set a $100.00 target price on FormFactor in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Craig Hallum reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of FormFactor in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on FormFactor from $65.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, FormFactor has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $80.91.

About FormFactor

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.