FormFactor (FORM) Competitors

FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FORM or ONTO?

98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FormFactor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer FORM or ONTO?

FormFactor presently has a consensus target price of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.07%. Onto Innovation has a consensus target price of $246.88, suggesting a potential upside of 85.44%. Given Onto Innovation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Onto Innovation is more favorable than FormFactor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FormFactor	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Onto Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, FORM or ONTO?

FormFactor has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FORM or ONTO?

In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 8 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Onto Innovation and 10 mentions for FormFactor. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Onto Innovation's score of 1.51 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FormFactor	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Onto Innovation	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FORM or ONTO?

Onto Innovation has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. Onto Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FormFactor	$763.60M	3.10	$69.61M	$0.89	34.26
Onto Innovation	$987.32M	6.64	$201.67M	$4.06	32.79

Is FORM or ONTO more profitable?

Onto Innovation has a net margin of 20.43% compared to FormFactor's net margin of 9.12%. Onto Innovation's return on equity of 14.24% beat FormFactor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FormFactor	9.12%	5.93%	4.89%
Onto Innovation	20.43%	14.24%	13.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FORM or ONTO?

FormFactor received 73 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.31% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.86% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FormFactor	Outperform Votes 470 68.31%	Underperform Votes 218 31.69%
Onto Innovation	Outperform Votes 397 67.86%	Underperform Votes 188 32.14%

Summary

Onto Innovation beats FormFactor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.