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Formfactor Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Formfactor Inc had return on equity of 5.5%, an operating margin of 7.3%, debt equal to 1.2% of equity and a current ratio of 4.50. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Formfactor Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin0.6%−1.2%12.4%14.2%18.3%28.8%30.4%26.7%39.3%39.7%40.3%41.5%41.9%39.6%39.0%40.3%39.3%43.1%
Operating margin−107.3%−104.6%−41.6%−35.9%−25.4%−7.7%−1.5%−12.5%8.4%6.8%8.4%12.1%12.7%7.3%12.5%8.5%7.3%12.9%
Net margin−115.0%−99.9%−39.0%−19.9%−24.9%−7.1%−0.5%−1.7%7.5%19.6%6.7%11.3%10.9%6.8%12.4%9.1%6.9%12.8%
Free-cash-flow margin−53.1%−55.2%−21.9%−19.1%−6.2%4.5%9.7%1.5%12.5%9.2%17.0%16.3%9.5%8.9%1.3%10.4%1.5%15.1%
Return on equity−26.9%−38.1%−17.4%−10.4%−18.2%−6.6%−0.5%−1.9%9.5%20.0%6.4%11.3%10.8%6.2%9.6%7.5%5.5%10.8%
Return on assets—−40.4%−15.5%−9.1%−15.7%−5.6%−0.4%−1.4%6.5%15.1%5.0%8.7%8.5%5.0%7.8%6.2%4.6%9.0%
Asset turnover—0.400.400.460.630.780.820.800.870.770.750.770.780.740.630.680.660.70
Current ratio—9.1411.785.315.605.105.923.083.323.303.073.153.523.174.384.614.504.08
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%34.8%23.2%11.2%9.1%4.6%3.0%1.9%1.6%1.4%1.2%1.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———————n/m10.3x10.9x25.9x97.0x162.9x94.8x196.6x155.0x109.5x—
Effective tax rate————————3.1%—22.9%7.8%14.8%12.3%7.7%12.3%18.7%13.1%
R&D as % of revenue42.5%29.4%25.7%22.5%18.2%15.9%15.6%15.0%13.5%14.2%13.8%12.8%13.1%14.6%17.5%16.0%14.7%13.4%
SG&A as % of revenue58.0%35.6%27.6%27.6%23.0%19.1%16.0%19.1%17.4%18.7%18.0%16.6%16.1%17.6%20.1%18.6%17.0%15.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue14.2%16.4%4.5%4.5%3.7%2.1%3.1%3.0%3.2%3.8%3.5%8.1%8.6%8.7%8.4%5.0%13.2%4.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income————————167.6%46.9%254.7%144.4%86.8%131.1%10.4%113.6%21.6%117.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—————0.0%29.9%0.0%27.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%33.0%123.7%230.9%67.4%223.5%1.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $1.3bn
Short-term assets $670mLonger-term assets $673m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.3bn
Short-term liabilities $164mLonger-term liabilities $67mShareholders' equity $1.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $670m of assets due within a year against $164m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $670m short-term assets against $67m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $110m of cash against $12m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 1% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 2% to 1% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $180m of operating cash flow against $12m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.

From Formfactor Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

64 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Formfactor's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 19 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 14.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 40.2%, moving by 3.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 9.2%; its worst year was -2.0%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 11.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 0.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Formfactor Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Formfactor Inc.