NASDAQ$FORM

Formfactor Inc · Q4 2024 earnings

Q4 2024 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations

Briefing

FormFactor, Inc. reported a decrease in fourth-quarter revenue and net income compared to the previous quarter, but an increase compared to the same period last year.

FormFactor, Inc. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, with revenues of $189.5 million, a decrease of 8.9% sequentially but an increase of 12.7% year-over-year. The company's fiscal year 2024 revenue increased by 15.2% to $764 million, driven by significant growth in High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) revenue.

  • Fourth quarter 2024 revenue was $189.5 million, a sequential decrease of 8.9% but a year-over-year increase of 12.7%.
  • Fiscal year 2024 revenue reached $764 million, up 15.2% from fiscal year 2023.
  • High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) revenue quadrupled in fiscal 2024, driven by Generative AI adoption.
  • FormFactor announced the acquisition of a minority interest in FICT Limited, a key supplier of advanced probe card components, to strengthen its position in advanced packaging.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$189M

Previous: $168M+12.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.27

Previous: $0.20+35.0%
GAAP gross margin

38.8%

No prior period
Non-GAAP gross margin

40.2%

No prior period
Operating cash flow

$35.9M

No prior period
Diluted shares

78.0M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$7.66M

Previous: -$9.93M+22.9%
Net Income

$9.71M

Previous: $75.8M-87.2%
Operating Income

$7.85M

Previous: $8.32M-5.6%
Gross Profit

$73.6M

Previous: $67.9M+8.3%
R&D Expense

$30.5M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Formfactor · Revenue · Quarterly

$189M

Q4 2024+12.7%vs Q4 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 15 quarters(67%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

For the first quarter ending March 29, 2025, FormFactor anticipates revenues of $170 million +/- $5 million, with a GAAP gross margin of 36.5% +/- 1.5% and non-GAAP gross margin of 38% +/- 1.5%. The company expects an overall increase in demand for its products through 2025.

Tailwinds

  • Anticipated overall increase in demand for FormFactor's products through 2025.
  • Continued focus on expanding and diversifying market position in advanced packaging.
  • New customer qualifications in client PCs, server, and high-performance-compute applications.
  • FICT acquisition solidifies access to important advanced probe card technologies and products.
  • Stronger collaboration across the test and assembly supply chain for advanced packaging.

Headwinds

  • Expected sequentially lower fourth-quarter revenue, gross margin, and non-GAAP earnings per share.
  • Forecasted reduction in Foundry & Logic probe-card revenue.
  • Continued slow demand in high-unit-volume markets like client PCs and mobile handsets through the first quarter.
  • Anticipated sequential reductions in demand for non-HBM DRAM probe cards and Systems.
  • The transaction for FICT acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on FormFactor's results of operations in the current quarter.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2024

Historical avgQ4 2024

+1.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+4.5%

Avg return

30 days after

50%

32 / 64 earnings

Positive

+33.1%

Q3 2018

Best reaction

-23.1%

Q3 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.4%+7.0%-8.1%
Q4 2025+17.2%+30.4%+18.8%
Q3 2025+24.9%+8.4%+15.3%
Q1 2025+2.9%+4.4%+6.1%
Q4 2024-6.8%-14.9%-19.7%
Q3 2024-15.9%-14.2%-11.3%
Q2 2024-6.4%-18.3%-3.4%
Q1 2024+16.1%+24.0%+22.7%
Q4 2023+2.1%+10.9%+16.1%
Q3 2023-2.2%+3.6%+10.7%
Q2 2023-4.7%-6.6%-5.5%
Q1 2023-2.4%+2.8%+15.8%
Q4 2022+10.2%+8.4%-3.5%
Q3 2022-23.1%-24.5%-14.8%
Q2 2022-12.0%-10.6%-19.3%
Q1 2022+10.8%+11.1%+17.8%
Q4 2021-5.5%-5.2%-7.7%
Q3 2021+5.0%+10.5%+9.7%
Q2 2021+3.7%+8.9%+12.8%
Q1 2021-19.4%-19.8%-27.6%
Q4 2020+0.9%+3.9%-3.6%
Q3 2020-1.3%+0.2%+42.4%
Q2 2020-4.5%-0.5%-10.2%
Q1 2020+9.7%+7.8%+19.4%
Q4 2019-1.5%-1.1%-15.2%
Q3 2019+1.0%+3.1%+7.1%
Q2 2019+6.8%+0.3%+1.6%
Q1 2019-10.7%-6.6%-24.2%
Q4 2018-0.2%+0.0%-1.3%
Q3 2018+33.1%+25.1%+36.8%
Q2 2018+9.3%+10.0%+19.3%
Q1 2018+7.4%+10.9%+23.6%
Q4 2017-9.9%-8.8%+13.6%
Q3 2017-12.2%-0.6%-8.9%
Q2 2017+8.3%+5.3%+15.1%
Q1 2017+18.5%+18.5%+25.4%
Q4 2016-3.6%-4.8%-12.3%
Q3 2016-10.1%-14.1%+9.8%
Q2 2016+12.3%+12.0%+11.7%
Q1 2016+9.9%
Q4 2015-2.9%
Q3 2015+14.3%
Q2 2015+15.3%
Q1 2015-14.0%
Q4 2014+5.6%
Q3 2014+1.0%
Q2 2014-0.1%
Q1 2014+3.7%
Q4 2013+3.7%
Q3 2013-14.3%
Q2 2013-5.1%
Q1 2013-3.8%
Q4 2012-0.8%
Q3 2012+3.5%
Q2 2012-9.2%
Q1 2011+18.4%
Q1 2012+18.4%
Q4 2011-2.7%
Q3 2011-1.8%
Q2 2011-1.9%
Q4 2010-1.1%
Q3 2010+9.8%
Q2 2010+1.0%
Q1 2010-6.9%

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