Movement Alert|FormFactor Rises 6.72% in Regular Trading, Multiple Investment Banks Upgrade Ratings as Semiconductor Equipment Sector Rallies

Market Focus06-18

On June 18, FormFactor rose 6.72% in regular trading, trading at $154.26/share, with turnover of $35.07 million, extending its recent rebound trajectory.

On the news front, B.Riley recently upgraded FormFactor from Neutral to Buy, maintaining a $165 target price. Prior to that, Evercore ISI upgraded the stock from In Line to Outperform with a $155 target price. FactSet data shows the stock carries an average analyst rating of Overweight with a mean target price of $154.75. The company previously reported strong Q1 results with revenue of $230 million, gross margin improving 5.1 percentage points sequentially to 49.0%, and raised its Q2 guidance, reinforcing positive sentiment from the concentrated rating upgrades.

Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, the broader group rallied in tandem. Among individual stocks, Applied Materials up 7.61%, KLA-Tencor up 7.08%, Lam Research up 6.94%, ASML Holding NV up 2.77%, AXT Inc down 5.26%.

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