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FormFactor (FormFactor) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.04% (As of Dec. 2023)
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FormFactor's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,947.2 Mil. FormFactor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $88.5 Mil. FormFactor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.04%.

The historical rank and industry rank for FormFactor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

FORM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -58.64   Med: 2.28   Max: 7.99
Current: 2.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of FormFactor was 7.99%. The lowest was -58.64%. And the median was 2.28%.

FORM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
57.27% of 997 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.99 vs FORM: 2.82

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. FormFactor's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.32%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


FormFactor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for FormFactor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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FormFactor Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.88 2.74 2.95 3.84 3.04

FormFactor Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.84 1.07 -0.40 -0.44 3.04

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, FormFactor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


FormFactor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, FormFactor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FormFactor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



FormFactor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

FormFactors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=89.688/2947.216499
=3.04 %

FormFactor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $88.5 Mil.



FormFactor  (NAS:FORM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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FormFactor (FormFactor) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7005 Southfront Road, Livermore, CA, USA, 94551
FormFactor Inc designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports semiconductor probe card products. The company operates in two reportable segments namely Probe Cards Segment and the Systems Segment. Sales of probe cards and analytical probes are included in the Probe Cards Segment, while sales of probe stations and thermal sub-systems are included in the Systems Segment. Probe cards generate the maximum revenue from its operations. It offers multiple product lines which include analytical probes, probe stations, thermal sub-systems, and related services.
Executives
Rebeca Obregon-jimenez director 3748 E MARE COURT, PHOENIX AZ 85044
Shai Shahar officer: CFO, SVP Global Finance 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Dennis Thomas St director C/O FORMFACTOR, INC., 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Mike Slessor director, officer: CEO 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Brian C White director C/O INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC., 6024 SILVER CREEK VALLEY ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95138
Raymond A Link director C/O FORMFACTOR, INC., 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Kelley Steven-waiss director 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Jorge Titinger director 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Sheri Rhodes director 7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80112
Edward Jr Rogas director C/O VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 4721 CALLE CARGA, CAMARILLO CA 93012
Michael W Zellner director C/O CYAN, INC., 1383 N. MCDOWELL BLVD., SUITE 300, PETALUMA CA 94954
Richard Delateur director C/O FORMFACTOR, INC., 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Michael M Ludwig officer: SR VP, CFO C/O AMTECH SYSTEMS, INC., 131 S CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85288
Lothar Maier director 1630 MCCARTHY BLVD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Stuart L Merkadeau officer: SVP and General Counsel 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551

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