On June 29, FormFactor rose 5.21% in regular trading, trading at $137.64/share, with turnover of $18.24 million.
On the news front, FormFactor was officially added to the US large-cap Russell 1000 Index effective at market open on June 29. As the effective date, passive funds tracking the index were required to complete their allocation adjustments on this day, driving concentrated capital inflows into the stock.
Additionally, multiple investment banks recently upgraded their ratings on FormFactor. B. Riley upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy, maintaining a $165 price target, while Evercore ISI upgraded it to Outperform with a $155 target. The average analyst price target stands at $154.75 with an overweight consensus rating. The company reported first-quarter revenue of $230 million with gross margin improving 5.1 percentage points sequentially to 49.0%, reflecting continued fundamental improvement. The convergence of index inclusion-driven passive inflows and institutional upgrades provided a dual catalyst for the stock.
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