FormFactor (FORM) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FORM or ONTO?

FormFactor presently has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 76.56%. Onto Innovation has a consensus target price of $218.13, indicating a potential upside of 81.77%. Given Onto Innovation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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 preferable earnings & 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	2.77	$69.61M	$0.89	30.87
Onto Innovation	$987.32M	5.94	$201.67M	$4.06	29.56

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%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FORM or ONTO?

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

Does the media refer more to FORM or ONTO?

In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 9 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Onto Innovation and 10 mentions for FormFactor. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Onto Innovation's score of 1.00 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FormFactor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Onto Innovation	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FORM or ONTO?

FormFactor received 70 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.31% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.91% 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 400 67.91%	Underperform Votes 189 32.09%

Which has more risk and volatility, FORM or ONTO?

FormFactor has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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