FORM vs EMR vs TDY Stock Comparison

Formfactor, Emerson Electric and Teledyne Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FORM Formfactor Inc
$97.46 -28.5% 1M +104.2% 1Y
Market cap
$6.76B
P/E
38.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$980.10M
Div. yield
–
Test and Measurement Technology
4 wins
EMR Emerson Electric Co
$170.76 +8.6% 1M +25.2% 1Y
Market cap
$91.88B
P/E
35.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.64B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Teledyne Technologies leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Teledyne Technologies 4, Formfactor 4, Emerson Electric 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFORMEMRTDYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.76B $91.88B $30.31B EMR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.9x 35.6x 29.5x TDY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.9x 25.3x 26.0x EMR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.1% +4.8% +8.6% FORM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 13.8% 15.8% TDY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.9% 8.1% EMR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.8x 0.9x TDY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +104.2% +25.2% +31.5% FORM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.6%/yr +12.0%/yr +8.6%/yr FORM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 87.4% 31.8% 25.6% TDY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 45/100 69/100 FORM

Percentile Scorecard

FORMEMRTDY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFORMEMRTDY
Valuation 38 #70 of 112 33 #136 of 203 63 #38 of 100
Growth 97 #4 of 108 41 #112 of 188 36 #62 of 96
Profitability 73 #29 of 104 87 #24 of 183 81 #19 of 95
Financial Health 88 #15 of 116 30 #152 of 216 74 #28 of 105
Shareholder Returns – 35 #99 of 152 91 #7 of 65
Overall 74 45 69
  • FORM ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • EMR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TDY ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFORMEMRTDYSPY
1 month -28.5%+8.6%+11.9% +0.7%
3 months -7.5%+14.9%+4.4% +3.7%
6 months -28.3%+21.6%+4.9% +7.1%
Year to date +74.7%+28.7%+32.6% +12.8%
1 year +104.2%+25.2%+31.5% +11.9%
3 years +196.6%+93.1%+81.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year +43.7%+24.5%+22.1% +22.8%
5 years +145.0%+76.0%+50.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +19.6%+12.0%+8.6% +10.9%
10 years +958.2%+240.9%+537.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year +26.6%+13.1%+20.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFORMEMRTDYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 87.4%31.8%25.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 89.2%33.5%24.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.041.531.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.190.791.23 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.7%-29.9%-32.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.1%0.0%-2.0% -1.2%
52-week high $159.93$170.76$691.24 $779.14
52-week low $47.72$123.30$484.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFORMEMRTDY
P/E now vs peer median 43.8xmedian 32.9x 37.0xmedian 25.8x 30.5xmedian 26.9x
P/S now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 2.9x 5.1xmedian 1.9x 4.8xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 20.0x 17.2xmedian 14.6x 19.9xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 74.4xmedian 30.2x 27.5xmedian 22.2x 27.3xmedian 27.2x
P/B now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 2.9x 4.7xmedian 2.2x 2.8xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.22median 1.08 -0.89median 1.45 -51.44median 0.93

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFORMEMRTDY
Revenue $980.10M $18.64B $6.52B
Gross profit $461.88M $9.91B $2.84B
Operating income $179.53M $4.68B $1.30B
Net income $173.63M $2.58B $1.03B
Free cash flow – $3.46B $1.15B
R&D $121.79M – $330.60M
EPS (diluted) $2.18 $4.59 $21.90
Cash & equivalents $138.18M $2.18B $562.40M
Total debt – $13.11B $2.03B
Shares (diluted) 79.61M 561.10M 46.90M
Enterprise value $6.76B $84.61B $28.53B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFORMEMRTDY
P/E 43.8x 37.0x 30.5x
P/FCF 74.4x 27.5x 27.3x
P/Operating cash flow 29.6x 24.3x 24.4x
P/S 7.8x 5.1x 4.8x
P/B 6.4x 4.7x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 6.5x 8.1x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA – 17.2x 19.9x
EV/EBIT – 22.7x 25.1x
EV/Revenue 7.8x 5.7x 5.0x
EV/FCF – 30.7x 28.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.6x 27.1x 25.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.22 -0.89 -51.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFORMEMRTDY
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.1% 4.8% 8.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 7.6% 0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 58.4% 5.7% 10.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 25.1% 11.0% -0.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 333.3% 9.2% 23.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 143.4% 13.6% 0.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 325.1% -3.0% 25.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 196.9% -42.0% -1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 315.1% -2.2% 27.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 195.5% -41.6% -0.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 144.0% 4.4% 11.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 50.0% 10.1% 26.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 4.4% 10.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% 29.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFORMEMRTDY
Gross margin – 53.2% 43.6%
EBITDA margin – 33.1% 25.3%
Operating margin – 25.1% 20.0%
Pretax margin – 17.6% 19.4%
Net margin – 13.8% 15.8%
FCF margin – 18.6% 17.6%
Operating cash flow margin 26.2% 21.0% 19.6%
Return on equity 14.8% 12.7% 9.3%
Return on assets 12.2% 6.1% 6.7%
Return on invested capital – 10.9% 8.1%
Return on capital employed – 14.9% 9.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.4x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.5x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 3.6% 1.3% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFORMEMRTDY
Debt / assets – 31.1% 13.0%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.8x 0.9x
Debt / FCF – 3.8x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 17.5% 51.7% 28.5%
Equity / assets 82.5% 48.3% 71.5%
Interest coverage – – 26.9x
Current ratio 3.7x 0.9x 2.3x
Quick ratio – 0.5x 1.3x
Cash ratio – 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 4.77 5.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFORMEMRTDY
Dividend yield – 1.3% –
Net buyback yield – 1.0% 1.5%
Shareholder yield – 2.3% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 47.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 35.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.7% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFORMEMRTDY
Forward P/E 30.9xFY2026 25.3xFY2026 26.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.15FY2026 $6.75FY2026 $26.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +142.3%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.4% +15.3% +13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $982.39MFY2026 $18.13BFY2026 $6.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.1%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.5% +15.3% +5.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFORMEMRTDY
Held by institutions 92.0% 82.1% 97.2%
Institutions holding 510 2,292 887
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.7% +0.9% +2.7%
Institutions buying 304 1,081 399
Institutions selling 169 799 328
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.35 1.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FORMEMRTDY
FORM 1.00 0.36 0.43
EMR 0.36 1.00 0.58
TDY 0.43 0.58 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FORM, EMR and TDY?

Emerson Electric (EMR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Formfactor (FORM) $6.76B, Emerson Electric (EMR) $91.88B, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) $30.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, FORM, EMR and TDY?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Formfactor (FORM) 38.9x, Emerson Electric (EMR) 35.6x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 29.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Emerson Electric (EMR) is cheapest (Formfactor (FORM) 30.9x, Emerson Electric (EMR) 25.3x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 26.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Formfactor (FORM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Formfactor (FORM) +29.1%, Emerson Electric (EMR) +4.8%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +8.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has the highest net margin (Emerson Electric (EMR) 13.8%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 15.8%). On return on invested capital, Emerson Electric (EMR) leads (Emerson Electric (EMR) 10.9%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Formfactor (FORM) returned the most: Formfactor (FORM) +104.2%, Emerson Electric (EMR) +25.2%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +31.5%. Over five years, Formfactor (FORM) compounded fastest (Formfactor (FORM) +19.6%/yr, Emerson Electric (EMR) +12.0%/yr, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +8.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Formfactor (FORM) 0.00%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 0.01%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 0.00%. Formfactor (FORM) and Teledyne Technologies (TDY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has been the steadiest (Formfactor (FORM) 87.4%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 31.8%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 25.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FORM, EMR and TDY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.