Formfactor Inc (NASDAQ:FORM) had a decrease of 8.27% in short interest. FORM’s SI was 3.65 million shares in January as released by FINRA. Its down 8.27% from 3.98M shares previously. With 1.01M avg volume, 4 days are for Formfactor Inc (NASDAQ:FORM)’s short sellers to cover FORM’s short positions. The stock increased 1.15% or $0.17 during the last trading session, reaching $14.9. About 88,879 shares traded. FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) has declined 2.12% since January 31, 2018 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 2.12% the S&P500. Some Historical FORM News: 02/05/2018 – FormFactor Sees 2Q EPS 8c-EPS 14c; 02/05/2018 – FormFactor 1Q EPS 3c; 30/05/2018 – FormFactor Presenting at Cowen Conference Tomorrow; 13/03/2018 – Electric Enclosure Market by Mounting Type, Form Factor, Material, Industry Vertical – Global Forecast to 2023 – ResearchAndMarkets.com; 22/05/2018 – FormFactor Presenting at Conference Tomorrow; 14/05/2018 – Filament Unveils Industry’s First Blockchain Hardware Device in a USB Form Factor for Existing IoT Devices; 02/05/2018 – FormFactor Sees 2Q Rev $130M-$138M; 16/05/2018 – FormFactor Presenting at Cowen Conference May 31; 16/05/2018 – FormFactor Announces Participation at Upcoming Conferences; 20/04/2018 – DJ FormFactor Inc, Inst Holders, 1Q 2018 (FORM)

Villere St Denis J & Co Llc increased General Electric Co (GE) stake by 94.12% reported in 2018Q3 SEC filing. Villere St Denis J & Co Llc acquired 431,370 shares as General Electric Co (GE)’s stock declined 44.60%. The Villere St Denis J & Co Llc holds 889,670 shares with $10.04 million value, up from 458,300 last quarter. General Electric Co now has $90.42B valuation. The stock increased 14.23% or $1.3 during the last trading session, reaching $10.4. About 246.50M shares traded or 84.69% up from the average. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) has declined 60.87% since January 31, 2018 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 60.87% the S&P500. Some Historical GE News: 14/03/2018 – GE APPOINTS DUNCAN BERRY AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF LM WIND POWER; 20/04/2018 – GENERAL ELECTRIC CO – QTRLY REVENUE AND OTHER INCOME $28,660 MLN, UP 7 PCT; 02/04/2018 – Baker Hughes explores sale of gas metering business; 27/04/2018 – Wartsila, private equity among bidders for GE’s Jenbacher; 20/04/2018 – General Electric 1Q Cont Ops EPS 4c; 20/03/2018 – Baker Hughes GE hunts for small oil, gas projects in Asia; 14/03/2018 – GE NAMES DUNCAN BERRY AS CEO OF LM WIND POWER; 19/03/2018 – GRAND PEACE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD – Ll GE HAS RESIGNED AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; 07/03/2018 – GE ANNOUNCES INNOVATIVE ENERGY STORAGE PLATFORM CALLED THE RESERVOIR; 20/04/2018 – General Electric: On Track to Exceed Cost Reduction Goal of $2B in 2018

Investors sentiment increased to 1.3 in 2018 Q3. Its up 0.27, from 1.03 in 2018Q2. It improved, as 14 investors sold FormFactor, Inc. shares while 42 reduced holdings. 22 funds opened positions while 51 raised stakes. 69.29 million shares or 3.05% more from 67.24 million shares in 2018Q2 were reported. Advisory has invested 0.01% of its portfolio in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM). Us National Bank De holds 0% in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) or 14,746 shares. Primecap Ca reported 0.04% of its portfolio in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM). Employees Retirement Of Texas holds 0.01% of its portfolio in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) for 44,000 shares. Moreover, Fisher Asset Mngmt Limited Liability Corp has 0% invested in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) for 243,133 shares. Federated Investors Inc Pa has 0% invested in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) for 354 shares. Mason Street Advsr Ltd invested in 21,886 shares or 0.01% of the stock. Invesco accumulated 559,419 shares or 0% of the stock. Hall Laurie J Trustee invested in 0% or 510 shares. Palouse Management has 17,527 shares. Citigroup Inc invested 0% in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM). Price T Rowe Assocs Incorporated Md reported 0% of its portfolio in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM). State Of Wisconsin Inv Board invested in 0.02% or 550,000 shares. Macquarie Gp Limited has invested 0% of its portfolio in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM). Northern Trust invested 0% in FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM).

FormFactor, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells probe cards, analytical probes, probe stations, integrated measurement systems, thermal sub-systems, and reliability test systems. The company has market cap of $1.10 billion. The firm offers probe cards that are used to test various semiconductor device types, including system on a chip products, mobile application processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and graphic processors, as well as radio frequency, analog, mixed signal, image sensor, electro-optical, dynamic random access memory, NAND flash memory, and NOR flash memory devices; and analytical probes, which are used for a range of applications, including device characterization, electrical simulation model development, failure analysis, and prototype design debugging for universities, research institutions, semiconductor integrated device manufacturers, semiconductor foundries, and fabless semiconductor companies. It has a 46.27 P/E ratio. It also provides probing systems for semiconductor design engineers to capture and analyze accurate data; integrated measurement systems that include test instrumentation, probe, cabling configurations, and software to enable fast, accurate, and on-wafer data collection for complex application and measurement needs; thermal subsystems that produce thermal chucks and other test systems used in probe stations; and reliability test systems that enable clients to develop products that are less susceptible to various phenomenon that could degrade semiconductor device performance.

More notable recent FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “S.Korea’s Netmarble to form consortium for Nexon holding company bid – Nasdaq” on January 31, 2019, also Nasdaq.com with their article: “WUHAN AND BIODELTA FORM INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE – To launch Dr. AnnaRx CBD Products in 1,000 Pharmacies Across SA – Nasdaq” published on January 30, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “Major Brokers to Form New Exchange to Rival Nasdaq, NYSE – Nasdaq” on January 09, 2019. More interesting news about FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) were released by: Nasdaq.com and their article: “Have Your W-2 Form? Here’s How to Use It – Nasdaq” published on January 19, 2019 as well as Globenewswire.com‘s news article titled: “FormFactor Adds Second European Service Center Nasdaq:FORM – GlobeNewswire” with publication date: January 28, 2019.

Since August 14, 2018, it had 0 insider purchases, and 2 selling transactions for $232,827 activity. 11,000 shares were sold by ZELLNER MICHAEL W, worth $148,397 on Friday, September 7. 6,000 shares valued at $84,430 were sold by DeLateur Richard on Tuesday, August 14.

Since November 1, 2018, it had 3 insider buys, and 0 selling transactions for $2.78 million activity. Shares for $499,200 were bought by DSOUZA FRANCISCO on Wednesday, November 14. DIMITRIEF ALEXANDER bought $94,800 worth of stock. The insider CULP H LAWRENCE JR bought 225,000 shares worth $2.19M.

Among 7 analysts covering General Electric (NYSE:GE), 5 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 71% are positive. General Electric had 12 analyst reports since September 5, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) earned “Overweight” rating by Barclays Capital on Monday, October 8. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of GE in report on Monday, December 17 with “Overweight” rating. The stock of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) has “Outperform” rating given on Tuesday, October 2 by Wolfe Research. The rating was upgraded by JP Morgan on Thursday, December 13 to “Neutral”. On Wednesday, October 31 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Hold”. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Wednesday, September 5 by UBS. UBS upgraded the shares of GE in report on Wednesday, October 31 to “Buy” rating. On Friday, September 28 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Hold”. The company was maintained on Wednesday, October 31 by Barclays Capital. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Tuesday, October 2 by RBC Capital Markets.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.56 in 2018 Q3. Its down 0.03, from 0.59 in 2018Q2. It is negative, as 83 investors sold GE shares while 743 reduced holdings. 114 funds opened positions while 346 raised stakes. 4.54 billion shares or 0.56% more from 4.51 billion shares in 2018Q2 were reported. Accredited Invsts Inc has 0.1% invested in General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) for 37,270 shares. Riggs Asset Managment stated it has 0.03% of its portfolio in General Electric Company (NYSE:GE). Mairs And Pwr reported 622,759 shares. Alliancebernstein Limited Partnership reported 13.40M shares. D Scott Neal owns 0.14% invested in General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) for 23,752 shares. Coldstream Mgmt Inc accumulated 25,711 shares or 0.03% of the stock. Cacti Asset Ltd Com reported 133,000 shares stake. 69,810 are held by Caprock Grp Incorporated. 103,002 were reported by M Secs Inc. Tarbox Family Office stated it has 11,104 shares or 0.05% of all its holdings. Roof Eidam & Maycock Adv invested in 0.17% or 33,839 shares. Seabridge Investment Advisors Ltd Liability Corporation invested in 47,036 shares. Aimz Inv Advisors Lc has 16,150 shares for 0.12% of their portfolio. Mawer Inv Mngmt reported 10,000 shares stake. Berkshire Asset Mgmt Limited Pa holds 1.03% or 1.08M shares in its portfolio.