FORM vs KEYS vs NPO Stock Comparison

Formfactor, Keysight Technologies and Enpro Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FORM Formfactor Inc
$101.11 -22.0% 1M +134.2% 1Y
Market cap
$8.35B
P/E
72.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$902.23M
Div. yield
–
Test and Measurement Technology
3 wins
NPO Enpro Inc.
$272.15 -12.7% 1M +16.6% 1Y
Market cap
$5.94B
P/E
134.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Keysight Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Keysight Technologies 5, Enpro 3, Formfactor 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFORMKEYSNPOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.35B $57.30B $5.94B KEYS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 72.3x 45.5x 134.6x KEYS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.1x 30.5x 27.7x NPO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.0% +25.5% +13.3% KEYS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.8% 19.1% 3.6% KEYS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.2% 13.4% 6.3% KEYS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.2x -0.1x 1.8x FORM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +134.2% +92.4% +16.6% FORM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.5%/yr +13.0%/yr +25.4%/yr NPO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 87.3% 45.2% 40.5% NPO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 63/100 44/100 FORM

Percentile Scorecard

FORMKEYSNPO

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

AxisFORMKEYSNPO
Valuation 28 #80 of 111 26 #82 of 111 20 #162 of 203
Growth 96 #5 of 108 65 #39 of 108 49 #96 of 187
Profitability 76 #26 of 104 88 #13 of 104 57 #81 of 185
Financial Health 91 #11 of 115 54 #54 of 115 63 #81 of 219
Shareholder Returns 44 #46 of 81 80 #17 of 81 31 #106 of 153
Overall 67 63 44
  • FORM ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • KEYS ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • NPO ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFORMKEYSNPOSPY
1 month -22.0%-10.0%-12.7% -0.8%
3 months +2.3%+4.0%-17.2% +3.5%
6 months -29.8%-4.3%-7.2% +7.0%
Year to date +81.3%+60.5%+27.1% +12.2%
1 year +134.2%+92.4%+16.6% +13.0%
3 years +210.3%+173.4%+137.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +45.9%+39.9%+33.5% +23.1%
5 years +175.5%+84.3%+210.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +22.5%+13.0%+25.4% +11.0%
10 years +886.4%+895.8%+401.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +25.7%+25.8%+17.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFORMKEYSNPOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 87.3%45.2%40.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 87.4%44.1%43.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.981.931.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.542.040.41 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.7%-42.6%-34.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.8%-15.9%-29.8% -1.8%
52-week high $159.93$387.90$387.65 $779.14
52-week low $42.42$167.77$202.55 $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.

MultipleFORMKEYSNPO
P/E now vs peer median 68.3xmedian 32.0x 44.3xmedian 32.0x 130.2xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 2.8x 8.4xmedian 2.8x 4.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 49.4xmedian 19.4x 32.1xmedian 19.4x 22.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 58.0xmedian 29.0x 37.8xmedian 29.0x 34.5xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 2.9x 8.4xmedian 2.9x 3.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.43median 1.13 9.07median 1.13 -3.51median 1.26

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 monthsFORMKEYSNPO
Revenue $902.23M $6.58B $1.22B
Gross profit $389.11M $4.26B $523.50M
Operating income $115.94M $1.33B $175.30M
Net income $115.47M $1.26B $44.10M
Free cash flow $136.12M $1.47B $167.00M
R&D $120.97M $1.19B –
EPS (diluted) $1.45 $7.28 $2.06
Cash & equivalents $109.76M $2.61B $77.00M
Total debt $11.64M $2.52B $575.50M
Shares (diluted) 79.61M 173.00M 21.40M
Enterprise value $7.16B $48.23B $5.53B

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
MetricFORMKEYSNPO
P/E 68.3x 44.3x 130.2x
P/FCF 58.0x 37.8x 34.5x
P/Operating cash flow 43.9x 34.6x 26.3x
P/S 8.8x 8.4x 4.7x
P/B 7.1x 8.4x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 7.2x 10.2x 7.2x
EV/EBITDA 49.4x 32.1x 22.2x
EV/EBIT 65.2x 41.6x 35.7x
EV/Revenue 8.4x 8.4x 5.1x
EV/FCF 55.6x 37.7x 37.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 42.1x 34.6x 28.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.43 9.07 -3.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFORMKEYSNPO
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.0% 25.5% 13.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.4% 5.6% 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 31.6% 30.2% 13.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.4% 5.8% 5.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 180.9% 49.9% 14.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 121.2% -2.1% 78.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 162.9% 131.6% -47.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 162.2% 3.7% -36.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 156.0% 131.6% -48.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 160.2% 4.9% -37.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 71.0% 4.0% 17.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.1% 4.0% 21.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3,646% 3.8% 9.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 212.7% 6.6% 24.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFORMKEYSNPO
Gross margin 43.1% 64.7% 42.8%
EBITDA margin 17.0% 26.2% 23.1%
Operating margin 12.9% 20.3% 14.3%
Pretax margin 14.1% 21.5% 4.6%
Net margin 12.8% 19.1% 3.6%
FCF margin 15.1% 22.3% 13.6%
Operating cash flow margin 19.9% 24.4% 17.9%
Return on equity 10.2% 19.8% 2.8%
Return on assets 8.5% 10.8% 1.7%
Return on invested capital 9.2% 13.4% 6.3%
Return on capital employed 10.2% 14.5% 7.2%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.3x 5.0x
Stock comp / revenue 4.0% 3.3% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFORMKEYSNPO
Debt / assets 0.9% 21.1% 21.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.2x -0.1x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 1.7x 3.4x
Liabilities / assets 17.2% 44.9% 40.3%
Equity / assets 82.8% 55.1% 59.7%
Interest coverage – 12.3x 5.2x
Current ratio 4.1x 2.0x 2.3x
Quick ratio 3.1x 1.4x 1.2x
Cash ratio 2.1x 1.0x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 22.18 8.37 4.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFORMKEYSNPO
Dividend yield – – 0.5%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 2.1% 0.2%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 2.1% 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 60.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 16.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 3.9%

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.

ConsensusFORMKEYSNPO
Forward P/E 32.1xFY2026 30.5xFY2026 27.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.15FY2026 $10.71FY2026 $9.81FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +142.3%FY2026 +49.6%FY2026 +24.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.4% +20.4% +17.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $982.39MFY2026 $6.71BFY2026 $1.40BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.1%FY2026 +24.8%FY2026 +23.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.5% +18.9% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFORMKEYSNPO
Held by institutions 92.0% 89.8% 99.9%
Institutions holding 509 1,246 410
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.7% +1.2% +0.7%
Institutions buying 304 674 212
Institutions selling 168 380 136
Buyers to sellers 1.81 1.77 1.56

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.

FORMKEYSNPO
FORM 1.00 0.67 0.61
KEYS 0.67 1.00 0.63
NPO 0.61 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FORM, KEYS and NPO?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Formfactor (FORM) $8.35B, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) $57.30B, Enpro (NPO) $5.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, FORM, KEYS and NPO?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Formfactor (FORM) 72.3x, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 45.5x, Enpro (NPO) 134.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Enpro (NPO) is cheapest (Formfactor (FORM) 32.1x, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 30.5x, Enpro (NPO) 27.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Formfactor (FORM) +18.0%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +25.5%, Enpro (NPO) +13.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) has the highest net margin (Formfactor (FORM) 12.8%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 19.1%, Enpro (NPO) 3.6%). On return on invested capital, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) leads (Formfactor (FORM) 9.2%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 13.4%, Enpro (NPO) 6.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Formfactor (FORM) returned the most: Formfactor (FORM) +134.2%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +92.4%, Enpro (NPO) +16.6%. Over five years, Enpro (NPO) compounded fastest (Formfactor (FORM) +22.5%/yr, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +13.0%/yr, Enpro (NPO) +25.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Formfactor (FORM) 0.00%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 0.00%, Enpro (NPO) 0.00%. Formfactor (FORM) and Keysight Technologies (KEYS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Enpro (NPO) has been the steadiest (Formfactor (FORM) 87.3%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 45.2%, Enpro (NPO) 40.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FORM, KEYS and NPO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) leads on 5. 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.