FormFactor (FORM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ONTO or FORM?

FormFactor received 78 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.77% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Onto Innovation	Outperform Votes 391 67.76%	Underperform Votes 186 32.24%
FormFactor	Outperform Votes 469 68.77%	Underperform Votes 213 31.23%

Do analysts recommend ONTO or FORM?

Onto Innovation presently has a consensus price target of $254.29, suggesting a potential upside of 52.04%. FormFactor has a consensus price target of $55.38, suggesting a potential upside of 29.14%. Given Onto Innovation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Onto Innovation is more favorable than FormFactor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onto Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FormFactor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ONTO or FORM?

Onto Innovation has higher revenue and earnings than FormFactor. FormFactor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onto Innovation, 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
Onto Innovation	$942.24M	8.77	$121.16M	$3.69	45.33
FormFactor	$742.28M	4.47	$82.39M	$1.74	24.64

Does the media prefer ONTO or FORM?

In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 4 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Onto Innovation and 9 mentions for FormFactor. Onto Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat FormFactor's score of 1.25 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onto Innovation	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FormFactor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ONTO or FORM?

Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FormFactor has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

98.3% of Onto Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of FormFactor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Onto Innovation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FormFactor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ONTO or FORM more profitable?

Onto Innovation has a net margin of 19.44% compared to FormFactor's net margin of 18.29%. Onto Innovation's return on equity of 13.38% beat FormFactor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onto Innovation	19.44%	13.38%	12.22%
FormFactor	18.29%	5.38%	4.43%

Summary

Onto Innovation beats FormFactor on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.