Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. Has $203,000 Stake in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS)

Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. reduced its position in shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 17.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,412 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 1,384 shares during the quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $203,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in PDF Solutions by 2.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,168,212 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $106,674,000 after buying an additional 78,543 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 917,627 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,383,000 after purchasing an additional 16,853 shares during the period. Emerald Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.2% in the third quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 895,248 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,361,000 after purchasing an additional 19,673 shares in the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 13.9% during the second quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 743,635 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $27,053,000 after purchasing an additional 90,789 shares during the period. Finally, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust grew its position in PDF Solutions by 1.7% during the third quarter. Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust now owns 728,144 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $23,068,000 after purchasing an additional 12,224 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on PDFS shares. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $42.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, August 28th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of PDF Solutions in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday.

PDF Solutions Stock Down 1.3 %

PDFS stock opened at $32.83 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $29.95 and a two-hundred day moving average of $32.56. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $27.69 and a 12 month high of $39.70. The company has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 298.45 and a beta of 1.49.

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.