QM · rank #11 · 2026-07-21
FORM
NASDAQ · $8.35B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Momentum 12-1 Return from 12 months ago to 1 month ago. | +359.45% |
|---|---|
| ROE TTM Return on equity, trailing 12 months. | +6.8% |
| Profit margin Net profit margin, trailing 12 months. | +8.1% |
| Market cap (USD) Size filter: > $500M required. | $8.35B |
| Anchor (recent) Close on 2026-06-18 | $149.55 |
| Anchor (far) Close on 2025-06-20 | $32.55 |
The AI research card
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Summary
FormFactor designs and manufactures advanced probe cards used in wafer-level semiconductor testing, serving leading foundry, logic, and memory customers globally with a focus on fine-pitch, high-speed contact at leading-edge nodes.
Rationale
The momentum_12_1 signal of 3.59 is directly reinforced by consecutive quarterly beats, a 12.6% post-earnings gap to 52-week highs, and Q2 guidance implying further revenue and margin expansion driven by structural Asia wafer-test capex, not mere sentiment rotation.
Material risks
- 1Leading foundry and memory customers internalizing probe-card design or aggressively multi-sourcing would directly erode FormFactor's qualification-cycle moat and pricing power, the structural pillar underpinning the quality side of this thesis.
- 2Tightening U.S. export controls or a pullback in Asian semiconductor capex spending could abruptly compress order flow, given management's explicit call-out of Asia-based customers as the primary demand driver for current record revenue.
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