FY2025 EPS Estimates for PDF Solutions Boosted by Analyst

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) – DA Davidson raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of PDF Solutions in a report issued on Tuesday, March 11th. DA Davidson analyst W. Jellison now anticipates that the technology company will earn $0.40 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.39. The consensus estimate for PDF Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The technology company reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by ($0.15). The firm had revenue of $50.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $49.40 million. PDF Solutions had a net margin of 2.26% and a return on equity of 3.94%.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price objective on PDF Solutions from $40.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Northland Securities restated an “outperform” rating and set a $45.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, December 24th.

PDF Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PDFS opened at $21.67 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $25.36 and a 200-day moving average of $28.40. PDF Solutions has a one year low of $20.78 and a one year high of $39.70. The stock has a market cap of $847.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 216.70 and a beta of 1.59.

Institutional Trading of PDF Solutions

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PDFS. MQS Management LLC bought a new position in PDF Solutions in the third quarter valued at approximately $331,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 365,656 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $11,584,000 after buying an additional 3,659 shares during the last quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of PDF Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,000. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.0% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 119,153 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,775,000 after buying an additional 2,360 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Verition Fund Management LLC increased its holdings in PDF Solutions by 50.4% during the third quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 26,803 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $849,000 after buying an additional 8,980 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other PDF Solutions news, CEO John Kachig Kibarian purchased 34,356 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $22.80 per share, for a total transaction of $783,316.80. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now owns 2,507,112 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,162,153.60. This represents a 1.39 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Andrzej Strojwas sold 5,030 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.85, for a total transaction of $155,175.50. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 94,717 shares in the company, valued at $2,922,019.45. This trade represents a 5.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 11.13% of the company’s stock.

About PDF Solutions

PDF Solutions, Inc provides proprietary software and physical intellectual property products for integrated circuit designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services in the United States, China, Japan, and internationally. The company offers Exensio software products, such as Manufacturing Analytics that store collected data in a common environment with a consistent view for enabling product engineers to identify and analyze production yield, performance, reliability, and other issues; Process Control that provides failure detection and classification capabilities for monitoring, alarming, and controlling manufacturing tool sets; Test Operations that offer data collection and analysis capabilities; and Assembly Operations that provide device manufacturers with the capability to link assembly and packaging data, including fabrication and characterization data over the product life cycle.