FY2025 EPS Estimates for PDF Solutions Raised by DA Davidson

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for PDF Solutions in a report issued on Tuesday, March 11th. DA Davidson analyst W. Jellison now expects 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.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on PDFS. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price target on shares of PDF Solutions from $40.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 14th. Northland Securities reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $45.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a report on Tuesday, December 24th.

PDF Solutions Trading Up 1.8 %

NASDAQ PDFS opened at $21.63 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $28.52. The stock has a market cap of $846.04 million, a P/E ratio of 216.30 and a beta of 1.59. PDF Solutions has a 12-month low of $20.78 and a 12-month high of $39.70.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by ($0.15). The company had revenue of $50.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $49.40 million. PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 3.94% and a net margin of 2.26%.

Institutional Trading of PDF Solutions

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Pitcairn Co. grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Pitcairn Co. now owns 13,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $352,000 after purchasing an additional 390 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 17,712 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $480,000 after purchasing an additional 642 shares during the period. KBC Group NV grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 91.6% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 956 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 61,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,652,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 8.9% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 12,574 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $394,000 after purchasing an additional 1,025 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO John Kachig Kibarian purchased 34,356 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The shares were bought at an average price of $22.80 per share, for a total transaction of $783,316.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,507,112 shares in the company, valued at $57,162,153.60. This represents a 1.39 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Andrzej Strojwas sold 5,030 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.85, for a total transaction of $155,175.50. Following the sale, the insider now owns 94,717 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,922,019.45. This represents a 5.04 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 11.13% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.