FARO Stock Overview
Designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supports software driven three-dimensional measurement, imaging, and realization solutions worldwide. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
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| Valuation | 5/6 |
| Future Growth | 0/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 5/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$30.84 |
| 52 Week High | US$32.50 |
| 52 Week Low | US$13.52 |
| Beta | 1.38 |
| 1 Month Change | 18.30% |
| 3 Month Change | 74.83% |
| 1 Year Change | 40.31% |
| 3 Year Change | -44.12% |
| 5 Year Change | -40.45% |
| Change since IPO | 89.78% |
Recent News & Updates
FARO Technologies: A Strong Performer, But I'm Staying Cautious
Jan 19We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO)
Jan 15
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
Dec 24Improved Revenues Required Before FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) Stock's 47% Jump Looks Justified
Nov 11Recent updates
FARO Technologies: A Strong Performer, But I'm Staying Cautious
Jan 19We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO)
Jan 15FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
Dec 24Improved Revenues Required Before FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) Stock's 47% Jump Looks Justified
Nov 11At US$17.42, Is FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) Worth Looking At Closely?
Aug 26Health Check: How Prudently Does FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) Use Debt?
Jul 17Lacklustre Performance Is Driving FARO Technologies, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FARO) Low P/S
Dec 18Is FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) Using Debt In A Risky Way?
Aug 04FARO Technologies acquires mobile scanning firm GeoSLAM in cash-and-stock deal
Sep 01FARO Technologies Needs A Break
Jun 24Shareholder Returns
| FARO | US Electronic | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | 7.6% | 4.2% | 3.1% |
| 1Y | 40.3% | 24.6% | 23.7% |
Return vs Industry: FARO exceeded the US Electronic industry which returned 24.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: FARO exceeded the US Market which returned 23.7% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| FARO volatility | |
|---|---|
| FARO Average Weekly Movement | 12.7% |
| Electronic Industry Average Movement | 6.6% |
| Market Average Movement | 6.5% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 18.9% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.2% |
Stable Share Price: FARO's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: FARO's weekly volatility (13%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of US stocks.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1,243 | Peter Lau | www.faro.com |
FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supports software driven three-dimensional measurement, imaging, and realization solutions worldwide. The company offers FaroArm, a combination of a portable articulated measurement arm, a computer, and CAM2 software programs; FARO Laser Tracker, a combination of a portable large-volume laser measurement tool, a computer, and CAM2 software programs; FARO Laser Projector, which provides a virtual template that operators and assemblers can use to position components; FARO Laser Scanning Portfolio to measure and collect a cloud of data points for 3D rendering of an object or area; and FARO Mobile Laser Portfolio provides 3D scanning while attached to other mobile devices, such as drones for metrology, reverse engineering, factory automation, building information modeling, public safety, and other applications. It also provides FARO Software, a software solution that integrate with FARO hardware products to merge data and provide collaborative workflows and applications.
FARO Technologies, Inc. Fundamentals Summary
| FARO fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | US$583.41m |
| Earnings (TTM) | -US$6.49m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$347.73m |
1.7x
P/S Ratio-89.9x
P/E RatioIs FARO overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| FARO income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$347.73m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$154.03m |
| Gross Profit | US$193.70m |
| Other Expenses | US$200.19m |
| Earnings | -US$6.49m |
Last Reported Earnings
Sep 30, 2024
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -0.34 |
| Gross Margin | 55.70% |
| Net Profit Margin | -1.87% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 27.4% |
How did FARO perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/01/21 07:24 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/01/17 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
FARO Technologies, Inc. is covered by 15 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Robert Mason | Baird |
| Andrew DeGasperi | Berenberg |
| Robert Burleson | Canaccord Genuity |